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The one thing that hasn't changed in Rock N Roll whether it is from it's birth in the stagnation of the late fifties or in the modern day is that it still manages to invoke raucous energy and excitement, as I sit here listening to Creepin' Truths demo I recollect on the work of The Faces and The Black Crowes, a home I am comfortable in been that my life is dedicated to Rock n roll. Still to this day people ask whether or not Rock as an art form is dead when really what should be questioned is whether or not it holds any validity when standing up to the broad scope of musical pin holes today and listening to this, one can tell that with Creepin' Truth Hard Rock still manages to inspire and invoke an obsession with people, the music itself hasn't verged further from it's influences of rockabilly, country and blues , but with that one is reminded of the old saying that if it works then it works and nothing needs to change. The dirty overdriven riff to New York Minute seems as if it has been robbed by Aerosmith in the days when they were drug mules and party animals, sure the music isn't striking any distance from it's influences which can become tiring when the band don't deliver but there is enough reverence in them that dictates they are not playing around or not taking the music seriously. Tom Q Cusic (Elephants on Acid, Rory Holl and the men) has mean chops that pump the music further into gear while Luke "Darkness" Smithson's powerful voice is a mesh of Paul Rogers (Free), Chris Robinson (The Blck Crowes) and Cormac Neeson (The Answer), now as powerful as his voice is I find it difficult to differentiate him from every other hard rock singer of today who sound as if n they are desperately trying their very best to sound like their heroes which can become quite stale from time to time. 'Without You' is a rolling and tumbling (slight) homage perhaps to The Faces as Smithson turns down his tiresome vocals to give the listener a sense that they are listening to Rod Stewart, the rhythm section Jimmy Milne (Drums) and Convo Browne (Bass) are the archetypical rock backbeat with pounding drums that of chairs been thrown at a wall while Browne eases along with one note lines, the underlining factor is that keyboardist '"Bongo" Joe Lambert ' who delicately holds down chords while the band soon evolve with one another into a dynamism that makes them a stronghold no qualms rock juggernaut. This is positively for those who want there Rock hard and loud.
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