Glen Iris
“Round and Round”
Label: Moodswing Records
Joseph
Reviewed 8/12/13

Punk-infused 70s metal riffs and rapid fire vocals, classic rock fried on bad
drugs, blown through a busted speaker. Electric guitar is god here.

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*= favorite cuts

1 – (2:21) Virginia. Uptempo, pounding beat, power guitar chords, frenetic.
2 – (2:02) $20 Eyes* Another rocker, nice guitar lead.
3 – (3:10) Get So Low* Soaring lead guitar, solid work. Mid=-tempo.
4 – (4:35) Tired of Doing Right* Heavy metal, pounding drums, good vocals.
5 – (3:07) El Lagarto Up-tempo punk infused rocker.
6 – (5:30) Evil Peach* Crashing torrent of guitar & drums, a tour de force.
7 – (4:06) Time Bomb* Same as #6 above.
8 – (2:03) 35 Screaming guitars, but a bit disjointed.
9 – (2:40) Valley of Eyes* Pounding upbeat sounds, bass line propels you along.
10 – (5:10) High School War* Rhythmic, one of the better vocals on the album.
11 – (1:34) Defectors* Rare acoustic & softer music than rest of album.
12 – (3:34) The Secret* Uptempo, rollicking beat, punishing.