Dead Meadow - Old Growth

Despite the overall same-ness of the music, you might still find yourself making chord structures with your left hand and pulling a face like you've trapped a nut

Album Review by Matt Gollock | 05 Feb 2008
Album title: Old Growth
Artist: Dead Meadow
Label: Matador
Hairy men. Upon hearing this record, that's about all you can picture. Similar to the eminent predecessors of their sound before them – Led Zeppelin, BRMC, occasionally Jane's Addiction - there's lots of self indulgent soloing, but the fuzzy riffing anchors the tracks pretty well, and the sound is warm and inviting. However, after the fourth or fifth track you may think you'd be just as well listening to an E.P. as the templates of riff, solo, riff etc. or slightly Doors-like mystical strummer used for most songs makes discerning between them all a bit difficult. This is the only qualm with an otherwise fine offering; the bluesy waltz of Between Me and The Ground is infectious, and dervish-like acceleration is used to hypnotic effect on Seven Seers. Despite the overall same-ness of the music, you might still find yourself making chord structures with your left hand and pulling a face like you've trapped a nut. [Matt Gollock]
Release Date: 11 Feb
Dead Meadow play King Tut's, Glasgow on 3 Mar http://www.deadmeadow.com