Desperate Rain
Blues
| Nov 2016
Reviews
DJ McGriddle
Reviewed 2016-11-02
Reviewed 2016-11-02
LOCAL BLUES ROCK BAND (Great live!). Castro has a great blues voice and uses it well. Here’s solid songwriting performed with a unique and complex band chemistry. They’re upbeat jams with enough rock to impress a Stones fan, but the bluesy roots to do good for a Muddy Waters buff. RIYL Phil & Dave Alvin, Little Feat. No FCC issues.
**** (3:33) Driving rocker.
*** (3:46) Playful, dancy blues stroll.
**** (5:49) Mean, gritty jam with great lyrics.
***** (5:31) Medium-pace call-to-mercy rocker about a cheating lover.
*** (5:02) Upbeat. “Your love is a wrecking ball.” Well-done, cliche.
**** (5:12) More mellow blues walk. Some fun guitar solos.
** (3:59) Rocker. Faster. Won’t surrender to life’s worsening condition.
*** (6:01) Slower blues crawl. Light drums, heavy bass. “Workin’ til the day I die.”
*** (4:59) Medium pace. No blues-rock record is complete w/o the train song.
*** (4:28) Faster pace. Rocker.
** (4:43) Standard, cliche tribute to a “Good Lovin’ Woman.” Has a fake end!
*** (4:25) Upbeat, faster. Odd, fun lyrics.
*** (3:56) Gets jammy. “My hope is almost gone.”
**** (3:33) Driving rocker.
*** (3:46) Playful, dancy blues stroll.
**** (5:49) Mean, gritty jam with great lyrics.
***** (5:31) Medium-pace call-to-mercy rocker about a cheating lover.
*** (5:02) Upbeat. “Your love is a wrecking ball.” Well-done, cliche.
**** (5:12) More mellow blues walk. Some fun guitar solos.
** (3:59) Rocker. Faster. Won’t surrender to life’s worsening condition.
*** (6:01) Slower blues crawl. Light drums, heavy bass. “Workin’ til the day I die.”
*** (4:59) Medium pace. No blues-rock record is complete w/o the train song.
*** (4:28) Faster pace. Rocker.
** (4:43) Standard, cliche tribute to a “Good Lovin’ Woman.” Has a fake end!
*** (4:25) Upbeat, faster. Odd, fun lyrics.
*** (3:56) Gets jammy. “My hope is almost gone.”
Recent airplay
Desperate Rain
On The Road with Anthony Arya — Nov 02, 2021
Desperate Rain
Emergency Crew - Kamla — Jan 10, 2017
Johnny Nitro
Waste FM — Dec 13, 2016
Johnny Nitro
The Road Trip — Dec 09, 2016
Maureena
Road Trip — Dec 02, 2016
Workin
That's The Blues! — Nov 29, 2016
Charting
2016-11-09 — 2017-01-11
Blues
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jan 15 | 1 |
| Dec 18 | 1 |
| Dec 11 | 1 |
| Dec 4 | 2 |
| Nov 27 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Desperate Rain | ||
| 2. | Worried Baby Blues | ||
| 3. | Johnny Nitro | ||
| 4. | Maureena | ||
| 5. | Wreckin' Ball | ||
| 6. | Mr. Lucky | ||
| 7. | No Surrender | ||
| 8. | Workin | ||
| 9. | Dark Train | ||
| 10. | Shelter Me | ||
| 11. | Good Lovin Woman | ||
| 12. | Chrome Plated | ||
| 13. | Almost Gone |