2023-08-11 06:00:01
Blindstone – Scars To Remember
Origin: Denmark
Release: 11.08.2023
Label: Mighty Music
Genre: Blues Rock
Some genres are like a rock in the surf. While the music world and everything else on our planet is constantly changing, some bands still sound almost exactly the same as their pioneers several decades ago.
This doesn’t (always) have to do with a lack of inspiration, but sometimes simply with the fact that certain sound structures are timeless and don’t need to be changed. Just like Blindstone and her new album Scars To Remember, where the Danes indulge in good old blues rock. And at an extremely high level.
Those declared dead live longer
Already the opener Embrace The Sky surprised, because you wouldn’t necessarily expect this sound from Denmark. Crunchy riffs, a groovy rhythm section and the catchy vocals of Martin Jepsen Andersen form the basic structure on which the band builds their blues rock, which sounds more like the USA than the European north.
The band hits a similar notch as for example The Vintage Caravan, but she works a little more earthy and always puts the hard rock part of her sound in the foreground. Who thinks now “Oh, another retro band” – incorrect! Blindstone don’t sound like a band that (too much) wants to revive the old times.
The Danes are much more likely to transport a classic sound and the associated spirit into the present day. So they don’t cuddle up too much to the well-known, but use it as a foundation for the creation of a modern and no-frills Blues Rock, which should survive us all just like, for example, good old Heavy Metal will. This was also declared dead once more and once more – only to come back stronger.
Rockin’ in every nook and cranny
Waste Your Time is a good example of what is meant by the somewhat vague statement described above. You think while listening “Okay, I’ve heard that before” – but you still don’t skip because the song just rocks. No more and no less. Go to the video HERE.
All songs up Scars To Remember also have their own character. In The Eye Of The Storm starts out like a typical one AC/DC song only to quickly evolve into a rockin’ blues ballad. Drums Of War on the other hand, as the name suggests, convinces with excellently groovy drum work and guitar melodies, which make reference to the stadium rock of the 1980s and 1990s.
The final World Weary Blues then releases the listener with melancholic but earthy-rock sounds and screaming guitars that make you nod your head and long for a cold barley brew. Overall is Scars To Remember an album that you can actually listen to anytime and in any situation. Why? Because it rocks everywhere without getting bored.
Conclusion
Blindstone invent with Scars To Remember not new to blues rock, but they give it a makeover. This genre rarely sounds so vital these days. 8 / 10
Line Up
Martin Jepsen Andersen – guitar, vocals
Jesper Vegeberg Bunk – Bass
Sigurd Jøhnk-Jensen – drums
Tracklist
01. Embrace The Sky
02. A Scar To Remember
03. Down For The Count
04. Waste Your Time
05. Drums Of War
06. Drifting Away
07. In The Eye Of The Storm
08. The Fields Of Bethel
09. Shining On Through
10. World Weary Blues
Links
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