The Answer - Everyday Demons
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Led ZeppelinAerosmith
Wolfmother
The Black Crowes
Release Date
03/02/2009
Label
The End RecordsTracklist
1. Demon Eyes2. Too Far Gone
3. On And On
4. Cry Out
5. Why'd You Change Your Mind
6. Pride
7. Walkin' Mat
8. Dead Of The Night
9. Tonight
10. Comfort Zone
11. Evil Man
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Having landed massive support slots for bands like Aerosmith, Whitesnake, and The Rolling Stones; and also gaining a significant amount of praise from the media (more specifically, Classic Rock magazine) who heralded them as some sort of saviours of modern rock, this resultingly propelled The Answer to suddenly become the favourite band of all those aging rockers and jaded ex-roady types. You know the ones... They can be frequently heard making such comments as, "All modern music is toss," and how, "It's not what it used to be."
Furthermore adding to the band's quick-rising fame, the group also gained some admirable musical plaudits from Led Zeppelin's own Jimmy Page being a self-professed fan, and even Def Leppard's Joe Elliott went as far to cite them as an influence on their recent record. The critical lauding was confusingly unfounded because their début was mediocre at best. Featuring more heard-it-before classic rock ballads than all-out rockers, it was mostly tired blues hooks instead of rock chops, and you can expect more of the same on their sophomore effort, Everyday Demons.
Kicking straight out of the gates with “Demon Eyes,” it's a decent taster of what you're gonna get from this record: Vocalist Cormac Neeson's sexual Robert Plant-like wail flails around over guitarist Paul Mahon's Jimmy Page-like bluesy hard-rock riffs, and that's pretty much the gist of the album, so don't really expect much else.
The band do take a break from the fast-paced Zep numbers occasionally, and there are a couple of slower bluesy tracks, but as above, these are hardly original. The standout of these is “Cry Out,” but to say it borrows from Aerosmith's “Crying” would be an understatement. Let's face it: this band's only selling point is the fact that they sound a lot like Led Zeppelin. While they do indeed have a Zep-like swagger, it's unfortunately more plagiarized than influenced, as this band's best riffs can be head scattered throughout Zeppelin's back catalogue. While Everyday Demons is a record filled to the brim with arena-sized blues rock anthems, and with the majority of each four minute songs sticking to the same hard-rockin' formula, it can get a bit tedious.
With the band about to embark on a world tour with AC/DC, The Answer are set to only get bigger, and for those that gushed over their début, they're probably going to go nuts over this record, but for those of us who are under the age of 50, we're going to see them in a different light and see this record for what it really is: a decent attempt at the classic rock revival genre, minus anything revolutionary or original.
--Rich Taylor
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Minnesota
Does anyone here at Decoy even listen to these rock revival bands like Wolfmother, Airbourne, and The Answer? I know I'd rather listen to Led Zep, AC/DC, or Sabbath than any of these revival bands.
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Leeds, England
I really enjoyed that Wolfmother record when it came out. Haven't really listened to it since then, though.