 Halfway To Gone
"Second Season" CD
Small Stone
Genres: stoner rock, hard rock, Southern rock
Small Stone
PO Box 02007, Detroit, MI
48202 USA
April 2002 |
Halfway to Gone, after touring for what seems like
ages, has finally sat down to record "Second Season," the successor to 2001's
"High Five" release. Halfway to Gone specialize in stoner rock, and this album
does not disappoint. Combining influences such as Black Sabbath, Deep
Purple, and some traditional Southern rock veterans (there's even a cover of the Marshall
Tucker Band's "Can't You See?" here), the band produces their own style
of hard, driving Southern doom rock. "Already Gone," for example, is a powerized
piece of chaotic rock, combing amazing sludge guitars with fittingly gritty vocals
courtesy of Lou Gorra. Meanwhile, on "Thee Song (A Slight
Return)," the band brings us an instrumental track that combines blazing lead guitar,
driving drums, and crunchy accompanying "noise" to produce one heck of a good
time. Altogether, this is a thoroughly satisfying stoner rock release. From the
blasting opener, "Great American Scumbag," to the previously mentioned Marshall
Tucker Band cover, "Second Season" is, without doubt, a great album - from
beginning to end.
87%
Matt Shimmer |
