Wedge is a new band fronted by the
guitar player from the Berlin band, Magnificent Brotherhood. Kiryk wrote all the songs and plays all the
guitars and vocals. The album cover is a total copy of the first Kadaver
record, including the same style design of the logo! Anyway, the CD features 7
tracks that sound a lot like Magnificent Brotherhood but with a slightly harder
guitar edge to it. Fans of the Magnificent Brotherhood will dig this record of
60’s inspired hard rocking sounds that loan from LOVE, the Doors and
Quicksilver Messenger Service and borrowing a lot of riffs, arrangements from
the masters. That is the vibe the band goes for and succeeds with. The opening
track, Easy Chair is hard rocking for the first 2½ mins and then a really cool
piano keyboard section changes the mood completely. They eventually come back
to the where it all started. Great song. Looks ‘n’ Savvy is next keeps the
energy high and happy with a simple rock song. Makeyersefree starts off
sounding like Stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin with a mellotron and then it
becomes another great melodic rock song, for sure inspired by Led Zeppelin with
a nice short organ solo. The band are pictured as a three piece but I wonder
live if they have a keyboard player as they are all played by David who also
plays bass but he can’t do both live? There are a lot of keys on the record. 61
SG is next and the band has released a cool video for this one. See it below. The
Fight is next another high energy R&R number one with some ripping guitar
as David and Holger just rock and roll and keep a cool groove going. The Spider
and the Cat is not a very original arrangement but a fun song. The last track
on this short album is Never Learn. This track starts off jazzy but then after
1min kicks into a high energy track with some intense bass playing. This is a
really good and fun record. Enjoy…
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