Your Highness Electric -The Grand Hooded Phantom

2008
Longhair Illuminati



If you grabbed a hold of a big old handful of Black Sabbath style sludge, threw in some Led Zeppelin grooves then you would have a strong foundation. Let's say you took that foundation and then had the original Alice Cooper band arrange it in their oddly brilliant manner and then push in some early 80's style punk vocals and attitude. Okay, now you really have a whole mess of styles that sound as good working with each other as they do when working against one another. Just take all that shake it up and set it on it's side and you might begin to have an idea of what this CD sounds like. It's like they take chips from different genres and then kind of rotate around using bits of each in equal doses without over or underusing any of them. It doesn't matter so much whether it's metal, stoner rock or punk because what matters is the album works and oh, it probably it is all of the above if you feel the need to have a label slapped on it. Now, it's not exactly perfect though I am afraid. I know this band would hate me for saying so, but there were definite moments when these guys sounded like a less hip version of Wolfmother. Now I like Wolfmother alright, but I think that Your Highness touch on being a little accessible than maybe they were hoping to. The other thing is I think they could open and be a little crazier, it was like they seem to start to go a little wild and then they would reel it back. That's not to say they are predictable, but I think they could both handle and benefit from being a tad more unpredictable. Those are my minor complaints though because this is really a very intriguing album that does a lot and makes it all look rather easy.


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