
SOLEDAD BROTHERS-Voice of Treason - jewel case 2007 CD
SANCTUARYNOTE: UNSEALED but mint disc. Archive copy previously owned by either the owner of ALIVE or BOMP What if Iggy Pop had passed over the legendary Stooges to fashion a raucous rock band raised on the sounds of the Mississippi Delta? That band might have been a precursor of the Soledad Brothers--primeval blues-rock intentions, bourbon-soaked vocals and an aggressively charged resonance that begs the listener to turn it up. Also hailing from Pop s Detroit rock city, where their first single was produced by White Stripes frontman Jack White, the trio s major label debut (a more subtle and streamlined effort than 2002 s Steal Your Soul and Dare Your Spirit to Move) is a back-alley romp of guitars, drums and sax with occasional organ and harmonica. From the opening guttural chords of "Cage That Tiger" ("I want a purr/All I get is a growl"), they ape Let It Bleed-era Rolling Stones, riff off Sonny Boy Williamson and patriotically salute the fuzzy, old school garage barrage of the American Del-Vettes (see Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968) and British Creation. --Scott Holter