Play 90 second soundbite of 'Fist Through A Wall' @ 'CD quality'
Just like early Queen albums Falling Nine should perhaps state on the sleeve artwork that 'no synthesizers were used' - programming maybe but hey, so what! Falling Nine show great strength-in-depth, impressive song writing, formidable musicianship and quite obviously a very professional understanding and execution of 'engineering' and production - the complete package apparently!
Just coz Falling Nine deliver 'old-school' guitar rock don't think for one minute that 'Sound Machine' is a retro work - oh no, Falling Nine add a contemporary 'flavour' and modernistic 'colour' to their power-house rockin' songs. 'Sound Machine' is 'now' and totally commercially viable. The overall feel of the album is one of vibrant mid to heavy rock; when Falling Nine ease their collective foot off the gas they can be 'balladic' but they simply refuse to drop into clichéd soft rock mode and when their put foot to floor they nail it big-style but never take it outside the bounds of aural acceptability. The blend is quite superb and the resultant 'ride' is smooth yet exciting.
Falling Nine keep solos succinct but searing and maintain a feeling of one-ness no matter what the time signature or accent of the music. 'Sound Machine' is crisp and pretty pure! The impassioned vocals are allowed plenty of room in the mix to allow the listener full access to the lyrics and with riffs aplenty singalongability goes hand-in-hand with air-guitar possibilities!
'Sound Machine' by Falling Nine is as good as anything similarly ilked out there at the moment - good old British rock'n'roll, pure, uncomplicated and very, very tasty! A quite exceptional album from a mighty fine band of rockers!
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