RESTRICTION OF LIBERTY - Another Story CD-E.P.

On the live scene, this band has really started to get noticed, with aset that is as structurally eclectic as it is one rocking good time. Don't be too surprised to see the best drum solo in East Scotland - possibly the entire nation - as Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick" takes on a whole new meaning - stanbding next to a set of originals that mix rock, psych and blues in equal measures, top all that off with a seventies feel and add the odd cover, and you have one shot hot set.
Now comes the first EP and it's three originals that showcase the slightly calmer, more song-based talents of the band. Starting off with the title track, we get a typically laid-back slice of seventies styled rock, the sort of thing that would have graced the airwaves on many a Bob Harris "Sounds Of The Seventies" programme way back then, but sounding fresh and vibrant in this context. With a vocalist who reminds me so much of someone from that era who, for the life of me, I just can't bring to mind, combined with a solid, dependable rhythm section and including some soaring lead guitar work, it's a track that combines all the elements that I've just mentioned and glides along rather than rocks, but has a really hypnotic feel to it. "Beers" comes up next, and this acelerates the aforementioned elements on a three and half minute track that is full of angst and yet somehow really passionate at the same time, again the band backing up some economical but effective lead guitar work. The final track goes more onto Thin Lizzy styled ballad territory and is the sort of track that you could so imagine Lynott having sun with the Downey-Gorham twin guitar leads riding their smooth sounding waves over the suitably airy vocals, and that whole feel, developed and updates by this band, is what makes this track work. It has an almost romantic appeal as the slowly undolding guitra leads dive and soar over the ever dependable rhythm sectiion and tasty, subtle rhythm guitar work, as five minutes of gorgeousness flow quietly by.
Overall, it's a far more laid-back approach and showcase than compared with the band in concert, but, for all that, it works, it's a pleasure to hear, easy to enjoy and just right for late night listening when you want something more relaxed that's still rock.

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