(Z-Man)

Power chords and damaged vocal cords

Grunge bandsin the 21st century come in two flavours. There’s the Pearl Jam-influenced ones who sound like stoned surfers who listened to Alice In Chains Unplugged a lot and there’s the Nirvana-influenced ones who sound like pissed-off werewolves. Mother And Father are the latter variety. One minute in frontman Greg Kerslake is already scratching the hell out of his vocal cords like he’s got a grudge against them. Second track Left Alone is strongly reminiscent of Nevermind’s Drain You, but on other songs the resemblance is less obvious. Oh No has a gentler, more Oz-rock vibe and Keeping, Sleeping has an almost country-rock twang. While Mother And Father do a good job of plugging the gap before the next Violent Soho, Vines or British India release there’s also evidence of a couple of interesting directions they could go in the future.

JODY MACGREGOR

Be first to comment on this article

Write Comment
Comments are submitted for possible publication on the condition that they may be edited. Poster's IP addresses are logged.
Name:
Comment:
Code:*