Heavy Hands / Smoke Signals
Album: Smoke Signals   Collection:General
Artist:Heavy Hands   Added:Jan 2009
Label:Language Of Stone  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-02-01 Pull Date: 2009-04-05
Week Ending: Mar 22 Mar 15 Mar 8 Mar 1 Feb 22 Feb 15 Feb 8
Airplays: 1 2 2 2 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 14, 2014: Happy Hour
Seesaw
4. Mar 11, 2009: Brownian Motion
No. 6
2. Mar 19, 2009: A2Z
Can't See Thru
5. Mar 04, 2009: Greek Orthodox Baptism
Seesaw
3. Mar 12, 2009: A2Z
No. 6
6. Mar 04, 2009: Brownian Motion
Seesaw

Album Review
Gears
Reviewed 2009-01-24
Stoner rock, but not of the Kyuss variety... What these guys rather are, is a revival of 70s style bluesy, fuzzy, garagey, echoey hard rock. Think of bands like Blue Cheer, early Deep Purple, Cream, Sabbath, Dead Meadow, etc... Very tight rhythm section (a bit a la Can) and an extremely fluid lead guitar. Sure maybe a bit derivative, but also very very entertaining.

Picks: 5,1,3,7 *** No FCCs detected ***

*1. proto-metal stoney riffage
2. swaggering rock-out, deep purple
*3. bluesy, slower tempo, laid back, gets faster in last couple of minutes
4. very Hendrix-sounding guitar with a lot of fuzz at the end
**5. stone solid, psyche-drenched, Can-like groove
6. about 1:30 of droney intro into a fluid, spacey groove
*7. marching drum intro, slower, almost spaghetti-western like guitar, lots of reverb in the vocals
8. driving bass rhythm, picks up towards the end
9. starts slow and bluesy and gets faster later on

Track Listing
1. Can't See Thru   5. Seesaw
2. Black Heart   6. From Stonehenge To Saturn
3. Before It Takes Hold   7. No. 6
4. She Got It   8. I Stand Accused
  9. 3 Days Gone