Amplified Heat- How do you like the sound of that?
(Arclight Records AR21)
From Aural Innovations #38 (Jan 2008)
This Austin, Texas band featuring three brothers is back with a new full length
CD (10 tracks , 36 mins) and it rocks like a mutha! Again quite a cool raw production
and in your face guitar. The CD starts off with a song with intense lyrics about
fucking with a tough guy and sung a bit like Suicidal Tendencies. Rambler is
quite a much happier track and quite catchy. Man of the Road I really like the
way the guitar solo is mixed way up in your face. She drank that Wine is a slow
and bluesy track and more of that down and dirty raw guitar! What went Wrong
speeds things up a lot and has a real old school 50’s rock feel but a
more aggressive riff. S.A.P.O. is a 37 second drum solo that leads into Moonshine,
an acoustic (not completely) shuffle drinking song including hand claps! Through
and Through is the longest track at 5 minutes and starts quite slow and moody
again with some acoustic guitar but later a ripping raw and dirty distorted
guitar solo. Great stuff. The title track is next and a nice laid back, down
and dirty bluesy track. Amplified Boogie is an instrumental track and speeds
things up again. The CD ends with Sickness, a slow blues number. All fans of
down and dirty Texas Blues will dig this one for sure…
Check out the band web site at: http://www.amplifiedheat.com
Check out the record label web site at: http://www.arclightrecords.com
Reviewed by Scott Heller