By: Victor Van Ommen
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 01/09/2015
Label: Nasoni Records
Gritty tones and sun swept grooves is what’s on offer here. There’s the trudge in “Sun,” whose vocal harmonies and crotch-thrusting guitar tone combine to set the scene for some dudely headbanging.
‘Down with the Sun’ DD//LP track listing:
1). Six Hands
2). Sun
3).Rodents
4). Sleepy Desert Blues
5). Silver Grey Sky
6). Moral Panic
Simen Mathiassen | Drums
Sverre Dalen | Bass
Jostein Wigenstad | Guitar
Magnus Riise | Guitar, Vocals
The Review:
Just because something is new, doesn’t mean it’s new. Such is the case with Red Mountains
Gritty tones and sun swept grooves is what’s on offer here. There’s the trudge in “Sun,” whose vocal harmonies and crotch-thrusting guitar tone combine to set the scene for some dudely headbanging. “Silver Grey Sky” is more of the same and “Rodents” is the band’s adrenaline resource in an otherwise mid-tempo outing. “Moral Panic” closes out the album with some back and forth drone riffing before careening into the sunset with a jam. Quality stuff, for sure, but when a song named “Sleepy Desert Blues” gives exactly that, it bodes the question if these guys actually want to set themselves apart from their peers. Then again, if their goal was to get out there and do nothing more than deliver a slab of tasty, smoked out grungy tunes without pushing the envelope too much, then more power to them!
