Biloxi-3 In the wake of the storm

2007
self-produced

Biloxi began work on this album a couple of years ago, but sadly bandleader Clyde Holly died in the fall of 2006. Much of the material was written, but not much was recorded and new member Mark Allen Lanoue had to step up and take over vocal duties. So technically there are no original members left from their debut release except Clyde himself who only tracked lead vocals on the songs "Pray for rain" and "Synchronicity II" before his passing. Biloxi play a rather straight forward hard rock/AOR style that’s heavy on melodies and most of the songs lean towards the slower end of the scale. Actually the first four tracks were really pulling me in with what they trying to accomplish. The melodies are strong and they mostly steer clear of being too sappy. Also the music manages to pull a lot out of each individual note and that is this type of music should be done. However, they began to lose me some after the fourth song because after that most of the tracks began to blend together more and everything started to be presented at the same tempo. The vocals and music were still decent, but they were not doing as much to make the songs seem special. Still they stayed fairly focused and I love the overall drum sound on this album. The album title has perhaps a double meaning which applies to not only to the obvious Hurricane Katrina, but also to the loss of Clyde Holly with which this band had to deal with as they soldiered on to complete this release. People who love hard rock/AOR that's more vocal heavy might really enjoy this. For me it was more decent, but it just didn't keep my attention for the duration of the whole album.

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