Flying Eyes - "s/t"
(World In Sound 2009, WIS-2508)
Flying Eyes - "s/t"
(World In Sound 2009, WIS-2508)
From Aural Innovations #41 (October 2010)
Band is from Baltimore, Maryland and this looks to be their first CD release - it's actually two five track EP's - titled Bad Blood and Winter combined. Best described as acid-tinged blues rock. Tunes that had me totally drawn into this title were Lay With Me, Bad Blood (great psychedelic guitar work), with its thought-provoking lyrics, Don't Point Me At Your God, the out-standing She Come To Me (awesome Zeppelin-like melody with good organ), We Are Not Alive, Around The Bend - has a nice tripping vibe to it and the airy psychedelic King Of Nowhere. Need to mention that the vocals on this CD have a strong resemblance to that of the late Jim Morrison. In fact if you wanted to pull a gag on someone - you could play a track or two from this disc and ask a friend, colleague, smoke buddy, etc. to try to name the artist. I'm almost sure that a few would likely guess it to be maybe an unreleased Doors song or maybe even a lost Jim Morrison solo piece. Line-up: Will Kelly - guitar & vocals, Mac Hewitt - bass & vocals, Adam Bufano - guitar & organ and Elias Schutzman - percussion. Should definitely appeal to fans of (obviously) The Doors, Cream, early Pink Floyd (first three albums) and possibly The Cult.
For more information you can visit the Flying Eyes web site at: http://www.myspace.com/theflyingeyes
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Reviewed by Mike Reed