Review: Lucky Monkey- Nothing To Lose EP

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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. Not bad, and very catchy, featuring lovelorn lyrics as well.
“Tidal Wave” is an anthemic ending to the record, Stoner Rock riffs carry the EP to it's conclusion. As the last song, I would say the melodies are good, but the repetition definitely brings the song down. I get what they were going for here, but the last two songs are definitely the weakest of this release.

Overall, Lucky Monkey shows promise, especially during the first half of the EP. The second half seemed a bit more modern than the promise of the first could indicate. I would say the band is very talented at writing and performing, and with work on distinguishing themselves as far as the rest of the rock pantheon they may be on their way to bigger and better things. It is very refreshing to hear bands (as they do on their website) call out other bands and trends in rock being too “plastic” as Lucky Monkey definitely are not.

You can find more information on Lucky Monkey froom the following resources:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txS19gLV9SY 
https://www.luckymonkeymusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/LuckyMonkeyMusic 
https://www.instagram.com/luckymonkeymusic/ 
https://twitter.com/LuckyMonkeyRock 
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1454687747 
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3v8FgX0yPUyZCSYviga78U?si=R8TlfTi8Qza3lERdx9anNA 

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