Link: Eagles of Death Metal
The Inside Pulse:
Let’s face it, the stakes are high. If you want to name your band “Eagles of Death Metal” you are assuring many people will not give you a shot. If you really want to alienate people, be sure to call the album “Death By Sexy” and make a big deal of your porn mushtaches.
But by now, a large slice of the core audience knows that this is a side-project-turned-primary-outlet for one of the creative forces behind the not-quite-as-awkwardly-named Queens of the Stone Age. With the credentials and a pretty well received debut under the band’s collective belt, can this album live down the eye-rolls and puzzled looks? Well, most of the time, it makes you want to put on a white rhinestone jumpsuit and bang your head if that’s any answer.
Positives:
– This album wins when it keeps things light and rocking. This band has more in common with the Sonics than the Eagles or death metal, and any excess thinking messes with the formula.
– Some albums were just made for their release date. In Boston, it’s just now hitting that point when you want to roll down the windows, hit the highway and play something worth yelling along to the lyrics. This is that album.
– The best stuff here would even make Jack White smile, and not in that creepy way that make you think he’s dreaming of dead puppies.
Negatives:
– Anything this loose is bound to be uneven, and that’s the case here. No song is outright bad, but if some of these tracks stayed in the vault for future rarities collections, I doubt anyone would miss them.
– If you don’t like 70’s-style rock (think Dazed and Confused soundtrack) you are probably not going to like this.
Cross-breed:
Exile on Main Street with Get Behind Me Satan with Here are the Sonics!!!
Reason to buy:
You need to inject some fun in your music collection.
