Review: Lucky Monkey- Nothing To Lose EP
For the most part though, they follow through on their promise of being retro-minded. The vocals almost remind me of someone like James Hetfield meets Rich Robinson. Hopefully that isn’t an offensive comparison because it works extremely well. It is again, a respite from both the whiny affectations of modern nu metal influenced “active rock” and some of the frankly, contrived vocals that you would hear on radio rock mostly nowadays. “Traaces of Love” follows with a riff that wouldn’t be too far removed from the first Fastway album but with some real arena rock verses added in. Bluesy rock is the name of the game here and it is delivered well. I could almost think of rolling a joint in an old VW van in the seventies under a blacklight poster in the back. Almost reminds me of Foghat now that I mention this. “All That I Wanted”features a feel that almost seems like lounge music in the beginning but goes to a stop start riff that feels like a heavier Nineties post grunge song. N