For the past few months, on every Tuesday (new music day) I’ve
been checking out any and every new rock album that comes out to see if it’s
worth a listen. I usually hope these albums aren’t too hard to get my hands on,
because I, of course, would like to write about them. A few weeks ago, I came
across The Rides. I was impressed,
on the short clips that I heard of a couple of their songs, at how they
sounded; blues-rock but more on the blues side, something I didn’t think modern
rock bands were capable of. I had only listened to bits of two songs before I
saw, right on the album cover, it showed the name Stephen Stills.
I don’t know if I’ve ever said this, but the basis of my
music interests, as wide as they stem, always comes back to that simple blues
influenced hard rock. Guys like Slash
or early Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Nazareth, etc. After listening to (and of course loving) the latest
in metal and alternative, I always find my way back to artists such as the
previously mentioned artists and remember that they are where my roots of my
love for music come from.
Yes, I have already reviewed this album, but I have been
unpleased with my review of this album since probably the day after I wrote in
back in January. It was only my second review and I had not found a comfort in
doing reviews yet, so I feel I owe it to just redo it and only keep one or two
parts the same, including the introduction...I really like the introduction.
