{"id":12768,"date":"2014-12-08T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T13:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-fox-and-the-law-stoned-to-death\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:06:18","slug":"album-review-fox-and-the-law-stoned-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-fox-and-the-law-stoned-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Fox and the Law – Stoned to Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The opening bars of Fox and the Law<\/b>\u2019s third album \u2018Stoned to Death\u2019<\/i> are the battle cry of a band who get straight down to business. With their latest foray into joining the worlds of blues and garage rock, the Seattle quartet have not sought to pull a single punch.<\/p>\n

\u2018Cheap Talk\u2019<\/i> is the kind of opener to send a Planet Rock listener\u2019s pacemaker into overdrive, and while coming in twenty seconds shy of the three minute mark, there is still plenty of energy to get the band\u2019s engines well and truly fired up early on. There\u2019s something of a Last Vegas, Wolfmother-esque feel, and \u2018Hot Water\u2019<\/i> carries that on with a resounding passion. The unpolished, roomy sound of the drums keeps the garage sound nailed down, while the rest of the band thrash out a cutting assertion that a jack of all trades certainly can master some pretty well.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

There is a bit of everything in the recipe for Fox and the Law<\/b>, and the four-piece certainly haven\u2019t been scant on channeling their influences. The raw power of the Stooges meets the extravagant \u201clook at me and nothing else\u201d display of Guns N\u2019 Roses, with the end result a mesmerising rollercoaster of hooks and balls.<\/p>\n

\u2018Nod to the Devil\u2019<\/i>, \u2018Let it Ride\u2019<\/i> and \u2018Emily\u2019<\/i> form a trio of tracks that the currently Royal Blood-obsessed music industry should be falling head over heels to get out on the airwaves. The fact is though, that while two Brightoners continue to smash records in their infancy, this particular Washington quartet are still working on that first big splash. Perhaps it\u2019s a case of home-grown talent edging out the imported competition, but perhaps Fox and the Law<\/b> are their own worst enemies when it comes to their attempts to make everything work. The outfit clearly have a lot of influences on their multi-textured sound, but while the end product will certainly raise eyebrows, it\u2019s unfortunate to get to the end of the record and find that only the occasional lyric or solo has stuck with you.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a whole truckload of ingredients that make up Fox and the Law<\/b>\u2019s sound, but little done to define themselves. All power and no direction it might seem, with multiple listens of \u2018Stoned to Death\u2019<\/i> necessary before the songs really begin to stay with you. It\u2019s lucky then, that tracks like \u2018Up All Night\u2019<\/i>, \u2018Ripped Off\u2019<\/i> and \u2018Hot Water\u2019<\/i> keep you coming back for more. The latter\u2019s chorus really is an album highlight, fast-paced and full of the attitude that should prove a catalyst for Fox and the Law<\/b> nailing down the killer album they are clearly capable of.<\/p>\n

There is a lot to Fox and the Law<\/b>, then, and a lot to digest in the half hour of music provided by \u2018Stoned to Death\u2019<\/i>. At the heart of it all, however, is undeniable potential and a real magnetism pulling you closer in with every listen. It\u2019s not often you get to say this and mean it but it really does seem like the breakout of Fox and the Law<\/b> is a matter of when over if. With all the pieces of the puzzle available at their disposal, the only step left is to fit it all together and that, you would imagine, is not going to be too far away.<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

\u2018Stoned to Death\u2019<\/i> by Fox and the Law<\/b> is out now on Failure by Design Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Fox and the Law<\/b> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Antony Lusmore (@Metacosmica_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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