SCORPION CHILD-SCORPION CHILD-

Another dive into the wonderful 80´s sound with a great flavour of the 70´s to go along. Released in 2013 this outfit originates from Austin Texas.

With Heavy influences from Led Zeppelin, Humble Pie and Free this album do have a great personality due to vocalist Aryn Jonathan Black. An important personal voice and drive to the performance. The album is top notch produced through Chris Smith, who brings out a great interactive passage with guitar and the rhythm section. A splendid job.

A Blues/krautrock/psych/hard rock blend is the most categorized style resemblence, but yet not to much of a 70´s copy cat band.  The release of this album brought attention from the Music industry and several chart positions boosted that interest like a Texas twister. In february 2015 rhythm guitarist, Tom Frank and drummer, Shawn Alvear left the band . A New heading for the band was to bring in a keyboard player, AJ Vincent. Standout tune would be “The Secret Spot” and “Polygon of Eyes” No song falls of the wagon but there are scattered showers on the album.

Whatabout the drummer, Shawn Alvear??? Well this is a rock battered slugger with good striking and serious delivery. Technical?? Well not much to bring home to the kitchen table but all in all an avarage perfomance. The lack of drive and pushing is eminent and does not favor the album.

This is an album for all suckers for 70´s hard rock with /Blues/krautrock/psych in forefront of the songs. A great rockalbum but it has its limits on the song variations. Not necesserily a must have record but Worth exploring.

VINYLRATING/GRADE

5-OK!-WORTH EXPLORING-