Miss Lava is
a melodic indie stoner rock band from Portugal. The band lay down some pretty
bad ass melodic stoner riffing (there are very few guitar solos) in these 43
mins and 11 tracks. This is the bands 2nd
full length record but the first in 4 years. Desert Mind opens the CD and
reminds a bit of Dozer but then moves in a different direction and is a great
song with a lot of different dynamics and intensity. Lay Down is a really
umtempo hard riffing track while Feel my Grace is more catchy, and less hard
hitting, while Ride has a melodic theme but then a pretty heavy monster riff
during the hard section and a short wah guitar solo, one of the rare ones on
the record. Crawl comes up with another heavy riff and this one reminds me of
Livin’ the Lore by WE (a bit). Hole to China slows things down with a more
moody track, think Mars Red Sky. Catch the Fire a really rapid track that slows
briefly in the middle where I would have liked it if they kicked in with a
killer guitar solo but they just decide to riff the time away until the main
chorus returns. Murder of Crows has a more complex structure and dynamic than
nearly any other track on the record and they strangely reduce the volume of
the vocals to quite low before a cool spacey section where they could have
really done something cool but they don’t and return to the main riff and they
go into a Nirvana like section towards the end. Yesterday’s Gone has a slower
more stoney feel to it as it glides a bit to start before the heavy low end
riff takes over. The title track ends the record and is a more melodic, slow
and laid back track. The band has three promo videos out there for the tracks
Ride, Feel my Grace and Yesterday’s Gone. Check them out as a great
introduction to this record so you can make up your mind if this is what you
want to add to your collection and crank up!
This is a site where I post reviews of CDs, DVDs, LPs, and concerts. I have been writing music reviews on and off since 1984. I ran a heavy metal fanzine from 1984-1988 called Metal Madness and have been a staff writer for Aural Innovations for many years. I have also contributed to Chrohinga Well (RIP), Bad Acid (RIP), Lowcut (RIP), Roadburn and a number of other zines as well. I recently moved to Portugal so please request the new address and do not send any music to Denmark anymore. Tak..
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