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On Trial |
 Groovy
drugstar Danes On Trial were
introduced to the wicked West via NY stoner rawk label Tee Pee, who
brought their phenomenal 2002 acid rock opus “Blinded By the Sun”
to stateside freakfans. It may seem a bit premature to us Yanks, then, for
their next record to be a live album. Hey superrockers, build up a
catalogue first, right? Well, that’s the thing,
On Trial have been releasing singles and albums in Europe since
the mid-90’s. Silly fuckin’ us. So, besides “Blinded” nuggets like,
well, “Blinded By the Sun” and “Do You See Her”, ya get
obscure 60’s fuzzpunk covers, older OT
hits, and even a not-as-hippy-assed-as-it-coulda-been “Jam” session,
midway through. It’s all played with a startling clarity (you know, for a
dope eater band) and a remarkable sense of pop songcrafting, and there is
nothing whatsoever about it that suggests it came from anywhere besides
1968. Which is, of course, exactly the point. Normally, live records are a
stall tactic between studio efforts, and that might be case here, too, but
seeing as it rocks just as hard as their last ‘proper’ record – and might
even flow more smoothly- than pay no attention to the polite applause of
the audience, and just get all the way gone with Denmark’s fuzziest
psyche-warriors. Hear On Trial Live tracks in streaming audio! __________________________________ |
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-Sleazegrinder |