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Them Crooked Vultures
This is the thing with super groups; the sum of the parts hardly ever outweighs the musical strengths of the individuals. They usually make decent albums but great ones? Bands need a unity to really gel and when too many big egos get in the way, it’s not an easy task. The biggest strength with Them Crooked Vultures’ self-titled debut release is how much like a band they actually sound.
With both lead vocal and guitar duties being performed by someone with as distinctive of a sound and approach as Josh Homme, it was inevitable that the sound would bring to mind the musical output of his day job band, Queens Of The Stone Age but the delights are in the details. John Paul Jones also knows a thing or two about arranging and studio craft and it shows. It’s also great to have Dave Grohl back behind the skins.
There is an exuberance and energy in listening to these tracks that must have been something to see when it was recorded. Theses guys’ sound like they have gotten together with a mutual love of good guitar boogie and the business side of it was an afterthought. This idea appears to be reinforced by the lack of sustained hype that precluded this release.
When you listen to these tracks, so many great musical signposts spring to mind and it’s to the artist’s credit that Led Zeppelin and Nirvana aren’t really among them that often (except during the tracks Reptiles and Elephants). Most of the time it’s just major statement-free good time rock n’ roll. Top down summertime soundtrack blasting beckons.
Rob Hudson
www.themcrookedvultures.com
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