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Artist : Spiders
Album : Shake Electric
Genre : Hard Rock
Year : 2014
Label : Universal Music
Cat# : 060253792305
Source : CDDA
Bitrate : avg. 286kbps
Size : 68,93 MB
Runtime : 33:39
URL : http://www.wearespiders.com/
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01. Mad Dog 02:20
02. Shake Electric 04:14
03. Bleeding Heart 03:04
04. Only Your Skin 03:07
05. Lonely Nights 03:35
06. Back on the Streets 03:20
07. Control 02:34
08. Give up the Fight 03:39
09. Hard Times 03:33
10. War of the World 04:13
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When an artist lives in thrall to a certain era - the '70s,
let's say - it can mean one of two things. The band can be a
complete retro throwback, with songwriting bordering on
plagiarism and a vision close to parody. Or the act can be an
honest revival, its aesthetic inspired and informed by the
past, rather than enslaved to it.
Fortunately, Spiders hew to 2. Shake Electric, the Gothenburg
quartet's second LP, takes the hard-rocking proto-metal of its
debut album Flashpoint and adds a glaze of rough 'n' tumble
glam rock and, surprisingly, a dusting of sensitive
vulnerability. The latter manifests in "Lonely Nights" and
"Only Your Skin," in which singer Ann-Sofie Hoyles injects
real yearning into her blues-mama pipes and the band's power
trio attack, and in "Hard Times," a soul-inflected midtempo
track that's a firm shoulder-squeeze to anyone who feels
overwhelmed by modern life.
Hearts don't always inhabit sleeves, however, as the combo
keeps up its fast-growing reputation for asskicking burners
with "Back On the Street," "Mad Dog" and "War of the World,"
which put Ann-Sofie's thrusting self-confidence together with
her husband John's rifftastic six-stringery in a musical
marriage as tight as the one they have at home. The band finds
its ultimate expression in the title cut, which might have
ruled AOR radio 40 years ago. Rock & roll this organic and
gimmick-free may be unfashionable these days, but Spiders
prove it's still alive and kicking down doors.
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