Artist: The Record Company
Album: Give It Back To You
Bitrate: 244kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Concord
Genre: Rock
Size: 73.22 megs
PlayTime: 0h 39min 49sec total
Rip Date: 2016-02-12
Store Date: 2016-02-12
Track List:
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01. Off The Ground 4:14
02. Don't Let Me Get Lonely 2:33
03. Rita Mae Young 4:22
04. On The Move 4:08
05. Hard Day Coming Down 3:57
06. Feels So Good 3:57
07. Turn Me Loose 3:22
08. Give It Back To You 3:52
09. This Crooked City 4:35
10. In The Mood For You 4:49
Release Notes:
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Way too many rock fueled blues bands of today are still hell bent on copying
Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Albert King, and Stevie Ray Vaughan but
not Los AngelesÆ own The Record Company (Chris Vos, guitar, lead vocals,
harmonica, Alex Stiff, bass, guitar, vocals, and Marc Cazorla, drums, piano,
vocals).
This trio is loud, raunchy, and wonderfully original. You can hear hints of The
Stooges and Elmore James in places but they possess an energy and style that is
instantly identifiable.
I first reviewed the band when they opened up for Buddy Guy at UCLAÆs Royce Hall
in August of 2015 and I thought they were easily the most exciting thing to
happen to blues/rock in a long time. Their debut album Give It Back To You is
further proof that they are a force to be reckoned with.
ôOff The Ground,ö ôDonÆt Let Me Get Lonely,öand ôGot Me On the Moveö sound like
they were penned and recorded in some corner of hell. The sound is more punk
blues than just rock blues. You wonÆt hear anything else quite like this.
The album isnÆt overly produced. It gives you the feeling that youÆre hearing
these Los Feliz boys performing a late set in a skanky Sunset Strip dive. Yes,
theyÆre that good.
ôRita Mae Young,ö ôHard Day Coming Down,ö ôTurn Me Loose,ö and ôFeels So Goodö
showcase the band grabbing tightly onto some of the purest blues and rock
traditions and then tossing them into a huge bonfire. Images of Bo Diddly in the
midst of a deadly knife fight with Iggy Pop come to mind.
Chris VosÆs rough edged yet soulful vocals and Mississippi Delta driven slide
guitar riffs are perfectly complimented by Alex StiffÆs menacing bass lines and
Marc CazorlaÆs funky, in the pocket drumming. This is what the White Stripes
should sound like.The Record Company also sounds like theyÆre having fun all of
the time. ôGive It Back To Youö is so simplistic, raw and sincere. VosÆs
harmonica playing is brilliant without being overindulgent.
VosÆs vocals are reminiscent of the late great Skip James on ôThis Crooked
City,ö ôbut the gospel inspired arrangement represents the bandÆs own distinctly
hypnotic sound. The album closes with the rollicking and funky ôIn The Mood For
Youö which would have the late John Lee Hooker shaking his hips in delight.
This album rocks and gives many of us some much needed hope that new sounds and
energy can come out of both blues and rock nÆ roll.
If you are not hip to The Record Company, you must get Give It Back To You when
it is released on February 12th and you also must see them in a live setting
when they roll into your town.