Artist: Royal Thunder
Album: Royal Thunder [EP]
Released: December 2010
Label: Relapse Records
Genre: Hard Rock
Purchase Date: 02 Jan 2011
Format: mp3 files
Source: eMusic
I first heard this debut 7-track EP from the Atlanta-based hard rock trio Royal Thunder on an NPR Music First Listen. Fronted by the strong female vocalist Mlny Parsonz (who also plays bass), Royal Thunder plays bluesy Southern hard rock. Their songs tend to start slow and quiet and then intensify gradually to full-blown hard rock. (Lars Gotrich of NPR Music calls it the "slow burn" approach). At 33 minutes, this EP is about as long as some full-length albums.
I liked the intensity of this band on the first listen, but I found that the tracks ran together a bit after successive listens. This is another of those bands that I like well enough, but probably won't think to spin up all that often.
Rating: C+
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