Silver Leaf
is a fairly new Copenhagen band featuring Lene (Fuzz Manta, Cherry Overdrive)
on bass/vocals, Morgan (Fuzz Manta) on Guitars, and Morten (Nicolai Wilhelm
Tell & the Tea Company) on drums. It took the band quite a while to get
this album out to the people but it was worth the wait. All recorded analog in
Germany. 6 tracks between 4 and 10mins in length and starting with the
politically charged Rats and Seagulls. This has a pretty cool stoner rock
groove but then some nice melodic vocals and back into the groove and then a
long and excellent guitar solo. A great opening number. Ocean Turquoise is the
shortest track at 4:18 and again has a cool stonerish groove and nice wah solo
by Morgan. Really solid bass and drums driving this one. Modern Hero is a 10min
track and starts with a 90 second instrumental section. When the vocals kick in
they are a bit more relaxed with the nice delay on the voice giving he track a
bit more of a dreamy psychedelic feel. Really cool guitars on this one (there
are several layers at times). The middle section is a bit heavier. I prefer
Pepper has the heaviest guitar riff on the record and this pretty mean riff on
this slow rocker. Keep Running has a really catchy groove and hook in this mid
paced rock and roll number. The Protector closes out the record with a ballad
like start and also features Richard Olsen on the organ with a long solo. A
really nice laid back and totally different track. What a great record. I was really surprised.
Great job.
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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