Posted on Oct 19, 2007
We've shared the review with Utah's newest garage rawk band Pink Lightnin'. Check it...
"After a rough day of listening to complex indie albums--trying to decide which themes are most poignant to the overall sound or whether or not a glockenspiel is justified--it's nice to kick back and wrap yourself up in a Confederate flag and listen to some rawk. With far more bands veering into experimental territory, two Salt Lake City bands stick to dirty rock that's fun ... if nothing else.
"Pink Lightnin' embraces its lo-fi sound like any respecting, barroom brawling band should. The album starts out with a slow guitar riff that would make Jack White proud, building toward an inevitable explosion. But the factors that make this record so appealing at first soon become its biggest detractor: the energy and cheap-production quality leave a lot of the songs sounding alike and at times retread (compare "Drugs" to the Stripes' "Blue Orchid").
"Where Pink Lightnin' has hectic rock-energy, Mean Molly's Trio relies more on vocalist Timm Gehrett's voice to get the party raging. Sounding as if ravaged by years of hard liquor and sword swallowing, his delivery is fit for Anytown USA's shadiest biker-bar. Overall, Things I See is more plodding than inspired, often dragging on one tedious guitar solo.
Look out soon, I'm sure we'll get some shows rolling with both bands!
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