| All Them Witches |
Lightning At The Door |
All Them Witches — Lightning At The Door (Jan. 15th, 2016)
♠•≡♠ Heavy, heady and hypnotic, All Them Witches concoct a powerful and potent psychedelic sound that fuses bluesy soul, Southern swagger and thunderous hard rock. Formed: January 6, 2012 in Nashville, TN
Genre: Stoner Rock, Psychedelic, Desert, Blues
Location: Nashville, TN, U.S.
FOR FANS OF: The Sword, Kadavar, Earthless, Summoner, Led Zeppelin
Album release: Jan. 15th, 2016
Record Label: New West Records
Duration: 55:44
Tracks:
01. Funeral for a Great Drunken Bird 4:24
02. When God Comes Back 3:34
03. The Marriage of Coyote Woman 5:49
04. Swallowed by the Sea 8:23
05. Charles William 5:45
06. The Death of Coyote Woman 8:12
07. Romany Dagger 2:46
08. Mountain 6:17
09. Romany Dagger (Remended) 4:16
10. Surface~to~Air Whistle 6:19
° The instruments and voices that you hear in All Them Witches:
♠•≡♠ Ben McLeod — Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, Percussion
♠•≡♠ Robby Staebler — Drums, Percussion
♠•≡♠ Charles Michael Parks, Jr. — Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Percussion
♠•≡♠ Allan Van Cleave — Rhodes, Organ, Piano, Mellotron
Credits:
♠≡•♠ All Them Witches Producer
♠≡•♠ BJ Barbee Drums
♠≡•♠ Brainard Jose Mastering
♠≡•♠ Ben McLeod Group Member, Guitar (Electric), Layout, Slide Guitar
♠≡•♠ Charles Michael Parks Jr. Bass, Group Member, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
♠≡•♠ Andy Putnam Engineer, Mixing, Producer
♠≡•♠ Mickey Raphael Harmonica
♠≡•♠ Jason Staebler Guitar (Electric)
♠≡•♠ Robby Staebler Artwork, Drums, Group Member, Percussion
♠≡•♠ Allan Van Cleave Group Member, Keyboards, Violin
© Nashvilles own “All Them Witches” perform at Live on the Green in Nashville Tennessee.
Review by Simon Harris (SCREAM!); Score: 4/5 Excellent.
• Review Summary: Combining the best of the old with the new in rock and metal.
• Whether they are blatantly ripping off a successful band or forging a new path in a genre, every band has its influences. Listening to All Them Witches, it is easy enough to see where these influences lay. Take a strong base in blues heavy rock a la Zeppelin, throw in some heavy psychedelic distortion reminiscent of early Sabbath, and wrap it all up with a flair for modernity that gives a nod towards The Black Keys. All of these combined together into an album that combines elegant musicianship with great song writing and is nicely paced to boot.
• What really makes Lightning at the Door such an engaging listen is how the band manages to combine these various influences, which have all been rehashed to death, so seamlessly that they come out sounding fresh. Although one influence may be clearly prevalent during a certain song, “The Marriage of Coyote Woman” seems like a nod towards Dazed and Confused type Zeppelin song writing for example, the band never stray too far from their core sound and are all the stronger for it. Throughout the album the lines between rock and metal genres are blurred as what sounds like an alternative rock track in “Charles William” quickly explodes into a loud crescendo of stoner rock distortion so much that, when the album ends, you’re left wondering what exactly you just listened to. Was it alternative rock? Stoner rock/metal? Bluesy hard rock? In the end, such questioning is irrelevant as one thing is for sure, whatever it was, it was damn good. It finds a middle ground between all of these genres and features a little something for everyone’s tastes.
• With this second album, All Them Witches have shown tremendous growth over their debut. The simple stoner alt rock formula they experimented with on Our Mother Electricity has been developed and fine tuned into something unique and fresh. The album remains engaging from beginning to end thanks to its countless twists and turns as it weaves in and out of the various sounds it encompasses. Lightning at the Door comes recommended for any fan of rock and metal. • http://www.sputnikmusic.com/
Bandcamp: https://allthemwitches.bandcamp.com/album/lightning-at-the-door
Website: http://www.allthemwitches.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/allthemwitches
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allthemwitches
Press: SpeakeasyPR | Monica Seide |
Agent: Stu Walker | The Agency Group |
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| All Them Witches |
Lightning At The Door |
Genre: Stoner Rock, Psychedelic, Desert, Blues
Location: Nashville, TN, U.S.
FOR FANS OF: The Sword, Kadavar, Earthless, Summoner, Led Zeppelin
Album release: Jan. 15th, 2016
Record Label: New West Records
Duration: 55:44
Tracks:
01. Funeral for a Great Drunken Bird 4:24
02. When God Comes Back 3:34
03. The Marriage of Coyote Woman 5:49
04. Swallowed by the Sea 8:23
05. Charles William 5:45
06. The Death of Coyote Woman 8:12
07. Romany Dagger 2:46
08. Mountain 6:17
09. Romany Dagger (Remended) 4:16
10. Surface~to~Air Whistle 6:19
° The instruments and voices that you hear in All Them Witches:
♠•≡♠ Ben McLeod — Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, Percussion
♠•≡♠ Robby Staebler — Drums, Percussion
♠•≡♠ Charles Michael Parks, Jr. — Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Percussion
♠•≡♠ Allan Van Cleave — Rhodes, Organ, Piano, Mellotron
Credits:
♠≡•♠ All Them Witches Producer
♠≡•♠ BJ Barbee Drums
♠≡•♠ Brainard Jose Mastering
♠≡•♠ Ben McLeod Group Member, Guitar (Electric), Layout, Slide Guitar
♠≡•♠ Charles Michael Parks Jr. Bass, Group Member, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
♠≡•♠ Andy Putnam Engineer, Mixing, Producer
♠≡•♠ Mickey Raphael Harmonica
♠≡•♠ Jason Staebler Guitar (Electric)
♠≡•♠ Robby Staebler Artwork, Drums, Group Member, Percussion
♠≡•♠ Allan Van Cleave Group Member, Keyboards, Violin
Review by Simon Harris (SCREAM!); Score: 4/5 Excellent.
• Review Summary: Combining the best of the old with the new in rock and metal.
• Whether they are blatantly ripping off a successful band or forging a new path in a genre, every band has its influences. Listening to All Them Witches, it is easy enough to see where these influences lay. Take a strong base in blues heavy rock a la Zeppelin, throw in some heavy psychedelic distortion reminiscent of early Sabbath, and wrap it all up with a flair for modernity that gives a nod towards The Black Keys. All of these combined together into an album that combines elegant musicianship with great song writing and is nicely paced to boot.
• What really makes Lightning at the Door such an engaging listen is how the band manages to combine these various influences, which have all been rehashed to death, so seamlessly that they come out sounding fresh. Although one influence may be clearly prevalent during a certain song, “The Marriage of Coyote Woman” seems like a nod towards Dazed and Confused type Zeppelin song writing for example, the band never stray too far from their core sound and are all the stronger for it. Throughout the album the lines between rock and metal genres are blurred as what sounds like an alternative rock track in “Charles William” quickly explodes into a loud crescendo of stoner rock distortion so much that, when the album ends, you’re left wondering what exactly you just listened to. Was it alternative rock? Stoner rock/metal? Bluesy hard rock? In the end, such questioning is irrelevant as one thing is for sure, whatever it was, it was damn good. It finds a middle ground between all of these genres and features a little something for everyone’s tastes.
• With this second album, All Them Witches have shown tremendous growth over their debut. The simple stoner alt rock formula they experimented with on Our Mother Electricity has been developed and fine tuned into something unique and fresh. The album remains engaging from beginning to end thanks to its countless twists and turns as it weaves in and out of the various sounds it encompasses. Lightning at the Door comes recommended for any fan of rock and metal. • http://www.sputnikmusic.com/
Bandcamp: https://allthemwitches.bandcamp.com/album/lightning-at-the-door
Website: http://www.allthemwitches.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/allthemwitches
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allthemwitches
Press: SpeakeasyPR | Monica Seide |
Agent: Stu Walker | The Agency Group |
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