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Audience Of One
October 10, 2005

Got home last night to find the new LoveGods album on the doormat - Initial play reveals that their time in the studio has been well spent and Joel has done an excellent job on the production.

Their influences are probably from the wrong decades to win them too many fans in this country these days. I still hear elements of Fleetwood Mac in there - It's the bluesy roots.

There are touches of Led Zep and Janis Joplin as well but on "It's Only Words" there is a touch of Patti Smith sings Eurythmics in the outro! And "Mississippi" reminds me of the opening line of Last Train To Clarkesville here and there but is a great shoutalong number. "Mucha Lucha" even has a suggestion of MC5, albeit a very subdued one, with the additional sax.

As the album progresses though the American influences get stronger and stronger, "On and On" has a folky/country feel that I can't quite pin down and "17" could be huge in the States - I can imagine a stadium full of people singing along to it and I think to acheive any kind of major success they are going to have to get across to the USA. The US influences continue with the blatantly Sheryl Crow like " Wanna See The Stones..." although, oddly, there is a suggestion of Sabbath's War Pig's on the acoustic guitar at the beginning!

Closing track, "Head" doesn't exactly go out with a bang, although there is a not very well hidden track after it. I think it would have been better put in the middle of the album.

Now... "Otto's Song"? I'm not sure if they should have hidden this or not. It doesn't fit comfortably with the rest of the album but is by no means poor - An attempt at a Scissor Sisters track looking for a remix perhaps? - The only thing that lets it down for me is the U2-esque guitar, which drags the whole thing back to the 80's a tad and I would have used a dirty guitar line instead of the synth, which is a little uninspiring.

All in all though an accurate studio representation of a very good live band showcasing Deah's vocal talents well but not forgetting that the LoveGods are a whole lot more than that - They are all accomplished, passionate musicicans and it will be a crying shame if this album doesn't get the audience it deserves - As I said, I'm just not sure that enough of that audience live in this country.

Get over to the website and check out the clips/downloads and see for yourself.

Pic of Deah (c) Sara Bowrey

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