Burden Brothers - Mercy
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Artist: Burden BrothersEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-10-31
Music Label: Kirtland Records
Soundtracks:
- It's Time
- Shine
- Still
- Everybody Is Easy (We Sink/We Swim)
- She's Not Home
- Life Between
- Trick Of Logic
- Good Night From Chicago
- I Am A Cancer
- Daughter Of Science
- Marcy
- In My Sky
- On Our Own
- Oh, Cecilia
- Liberated
Music reviews of Mercy
Music Review: ...And it lives inside you
Rating: 4 Stars
Somewhere along the line we, the audience of pop music, singled out the frontman(woman) as the sole identity of the group. To be fair, there are several occurences of the lead guitarist with public image clout as well, garnering attention as part of the creative force that drives the ensemble (Page/Plant, Jagger/Richards, etc) And even rarer still, one of the other members of a group gets 'face time:' Flea, Nikki Sixx, Mick Fleetwood, Neil Peart, etc. Why is this important, you ask? Because it is flawed thinking - the ensemble creates the sound, the essence, the being - which brings us to the Burden Brothers.
Vaden Todd Lewis is not the Burden Brothers.
Now, having said that, we see him, we hear him, we know he is there - but this is a BAND, and a damn fine outfit at that. They are a tight bunch of players who sling their sonic fortitude at the listeners with a casual, slack precision that embodies pure attitude. Taz' Drumming, Casey/Corey/Zack doing their thing - all makes up a part of the end result - which brings us to shocking truth number two:
The Burden Brothers are not the Toadies.
I know, I know, Vaden's voice, and his singing, for that matter, are featured prominently in both ventures. While Burden can, from time to time, venture into near-Toadies territory, they are their own band, and should be viewed as such. That said, let's get into Mercy.
This album starts off with a hauntingly breathy piece called "Its Time," which, frankly, this reviewer just doesn't get. So, onto the next tracks: the uptempo rockers "Shine," "Still" and "Everybody is Easy (We Sink, We Swim)" - good solid rock and roll, no two ways about it - simple construction of melodies, excellently arranged and executed.
Burden kind of takes an interesting turn with the remainder of the record though, as it pumps up the gain, the chunk, ad the 'sludge factor' for "Good Night from Chicago" and "I am a Cancer," the latter being a sultry, riffing delivery, wrapped up neatly with a venomed tongue lyrical ribbon. "...Find another break up song, and sing it to yourself..."
Following the heavier turn, Mercy gets lighter, and more airy with uptempo tunes like "in my Sky" and the bouncy "On our Own" featuring a bassline from Zack that'll be sure to have your head nodding.
The album closer, "Liberated" is a slow building rage-ballad that serves as a great way to finish this album's journey, befitting, as the lyrics house imagery of hopping in a car, and rolling down the highway.
The sophomore album effort from the Burden Brothers is a fantastic rock and roll record, and it should be judged as such - its not Toadies-quirky, nor is it a raucous as Burden's own 'Buried in your Black Heart,' but it stands on its own, and doesn't let you forget it or regret ;) )
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