Some press releases mystify me and raise a lot more questions than answers.
In 1992 it seems David Vines and Michael Olsen put together the seed of old Harry in Tulsa Oklahoma – the ideas was to combine ‘the most essential elements of hard rock and heavy metal’ After running through endless players, countless rehearsals and so on the band ‘soon established their own sound an unique identity.’ hey were ready it appears to take on the world and then split up just after releasing a demo.
So here is the ‘Resurrection E.P.’ which I assume is either the old demo or a remastered version as the press release then goes on to say that the band is currently preparing material for their follow up.
So here we are ’25 years later’ with for tracks that sound just like you’d imagine from a band that cites Black Sabbath, Kings X, Alice in Chains and Van Halen in their bio, that is if you strikeout that last one as I honestly don’t hear any Van Halen of any era in here.
Opener ‘Slide’ sounds like Collective Soul with a Southern tinge, ‘Six Black Nails’ that follows is more detuned and sounds like a slow chugging take on Alice in Chains. The interesting thing half way in is that you feel that back in the day this would have been seen as just one of thousands of bands attempting to cash in on grunge and pretty unremarkable though obviously well-executed. With the 25 years that have passed and the number of new young bands out there making sounds remarkably like these it actually seems a lot more than that.
Of the two songs that round out the E.P. the riff-driven ‘Never’ is Sabbathier, whilst ‘Crank’ more Kings X with even a touch of early Bang Tango. Neither bring the house down but neither are bad songs either and I must admit I love the bass-work especially. On balance ‘Resurrection’ is a nice enough E.P. and if the new material is going to be in this ball-park then it might be interesting, but the press release gives you no idea at all what might come.