SON OF THE SUN
ALMOST THERE
JUNE 25, 2011
THIS BAND IS OUT TO CONCUR THE WORLD, OR AT LEAST LET THE BUFFALO AND SURROUNDING AREAS KNOW THEY ARE HERE TO STAY. EVERYWHERE YOU HEAR MUSIC PLAYING LIVE, SON OF THE SUN SEEMS TO BE ON THE BILL. SO WHEN WORD GOT OUT THAT THERE WAS A CD PREMIER PARTY, IT WAS NOT A SHOCK TO KNOW THAT SON OF THE SUN WOULD AGAIN BE ON THE BILL BUT THIS TIME IN PROMOTION OF THEIR LATEST RELEASE.
THIS IS AN EP TO WET THE WHISTLE OF THE FANS WHO COME TO THE SHOWS AND SUPPORT THE BAND. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE FEEL OF EACH TRACK TRANSCENDS TO THE LISTENER: A 6 SONG THANK YOU LETTER. THE GROUP THAT FOLLOWS SON OF THE SUN SEEMS TO GET LARGER AT EACH SHOW, SO THE BUILD UP TO THIS RELEASE MUST BE OVERWHELMING FOR THE BAND. CONSIDERING THEMSELVES DEEP SEEDED IN ROCK 'N' ROLL, IT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO LEAVE THEM IN THE CATEGORY WITHOUT ADMITTING THERE ARE INFLUENCES FROM OTHER GENRES THAT STRAGGLE INTO THE WRITING PROCESS. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS, AS IT CAN ONLY MAKE THE BAND BETTER AS THEY OPEN THE DOOR TO GROWTH. A MORE MATURE SOUND BEGINS TO EMERGE AND THE ORDER OF THE SONGS, WHETHER DONE ON PURPOSE OR NOT, DISPLAYS CULTIVATED SEASONING OF TIME SPENT TOGETHER RECORDING. "AS FAR AS LUCY" HAS POTENTIAL TO BE A LIVE JAM LIKE NOTHING THIS BAND HAS PUT DOWN UNTIL NOW. THE GRATEFUL DEAD, DAVE MATTHEWS AND PHISH ARE SCREAMING BETWEEN THE LINES OF SOME OF THEIR BEST LAID LIVE PERFORMANCES.
"10,000" AND "HENRY'S ENGLAND" ARE 80'S THROWBACKS TO A TIME WHEN THE INDUSTRY WAS GOING THROUGH TREMENDOUS CHANGE WITH MTV MAKING ITS BREAK TO THE FOREFRONT OF MUSIC. THE BOOMTOWN RATS, DONNIE IRIS, ELVIS COSTELLO AND ICEHOUSE, WHETHER KNOWINGLY OR NOT, HAVE BEEN WEAVED INTO THE BACKBONE OF THESE SONGS. THERE ARE MOMENTS DURING "MY FAVORITE MISTAKE" THAT CONJURES GENESIS'S "TURN IT ON AGAIN" AND THE POLICE'S "INVISIBLE SUN" WITH THE GUITAR AND DRUMS BECOMING THE VOICE. TO ALL OF US WHO SURVIVED WHAT OTHER BANDS OF THE EARLY 80'S WERE PUTTING ON VINYL FOR OUR LESS THAN LISTENING PLEASURE, IT IS GOOD TO SEE NEW BANDS EXTRACTING FROM THE BEST OF THOSE DAYS.
ENRICHING MUSIC IS HARD TODAY WITH THE INDUSTRY MORE OF A DUMPING GROUND. GLEE AND AMERICAN IDOL HAVE OPENED THE DOOR TO MEDIOCRITY PUSHING FORWARD THOSE WHO HAVE NOT WORKED HARD TO EARN A SPOT ON THIS MERRY-GO-ROUND. ARTISTS AND BANDS WHO HAVE PAID THEIR DUES AND EARNED A RECORD DEAL THE OLD FASHIONED WAY THROUGH TOURING HAVE FORGED A PATH THAT HAS BEEN WALKED BY ONLY THE GREAT ONES. SON OF THE SUN CAN BE AMONG THOSE BANDS WHO HAVE EARNED THEIR PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF THE FANS.
RUSTY
6/25/11