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Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
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| Swapping out his rhythm section, Andrew Stockdale proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's the mastermind of Wolfmother on Cosmic Egg, creating a second record that is essentailly a replication of the first, equally enamored with all the thick, heavy rock of the '70s, specifically Sabbath and Zeppelin, tempered with a little bit of Jack White caterwaul. All the sounds remain the same, but the songs have changed: with the occasional exception, such as the Stripes -ian salute "White Feather," Stockdale backs away from simple, brutal riff-driven songs, preferring churning exercises in heavy fantasy, sometimes colored with some Deep Purple organ. It's an effective way to show off a tighter, capable band, one that can deliver a serious gut-level punch, and one that is spending more time fusing their influence instead of delivering straight-up hero worship. And, in a sense, that makes Cosmic Egg a mature sophomore effort, particularly if it's just judged on all the sonic textures Wolfmorther serves up, but as the album closes with a series of meandering mysticism it's hard not to miss Stockdale's previous reliance on nasty repetitive riffs....full text |
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| Musicomh |
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It's been a while since Wolfmother unleashed their first album on us. In the intervening four years, most of the band left, exploding in a firey ball of "irreconcilable personal and musical differences". Left behind in a crater that probably looked a bit like the cover of Led Zeppelin's Houses Of The Holy (only without the naked purple children, hopefully) was vocalist/guitarist Andrew Stockdale, and naturally he's gone about assembling a new version of Wolfmother. It seems a little unfair to his bandmates past and present to suggest that their presence is merely warranted due to practicality, but for those unaware of the disharmony in the Wolfmother ranks, the Cosmic Egg era Wolfmother sounds almost identical to the original line up....full text |
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| Guardian |
| Wolfmother, the That '70s Show of modern rock bands, return with a second record. Well, we say return, but two of the three original members left in 2008, citing "irreconcilable personal and musical differences". Ouch. So this Wolfmother consists of the remaining member, Andrew Stockdale, plus a whole new group. It's been four years since their debut album and, based on this evidence, Stockdale has spent most of the time playing Guitar Hero and listening to Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti. His Robert Plant-style yelping cuts through a haze of beer-chugging riffs. There's no shame in harking back in rock time, but if you're going to plunder the land of hot licks, best follow the lead of the White Stripes than, say, Jet. Cosmic Egg is the sound of a serious lack of invention....full text |
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