INDIE ROCK
The nine tracks on this second LP vary widely. Sometimes, as on the closing pair of ‘A Pleasure to Burn’ and ‘Hirami’, Americana is the order of the day. Lead vocalist Rabia Shaheen Qazi has a tone smooth as silk as she slides above and around the piano of David Davila and Richie Rekow and Pat Schowe’s inventive and effective rhythm section. ‘Glory, Glory’, a fuzzed-out slab of stomping wah-wah is at the hard-grooving other end of the spectrum. ‘Strip Mall Babylon’ combines the best bits of both, with a playful edge as Davila’s organ counterpoints the lead guitar of band leader Chris Cheveyo, allied to the flute of Veronica Dye. ‘The Old Crow’ is another stomper, built on a rock solid beat, some gorgeous bluesy chordal inflexions and a swaying rhythm which would get my hips moving if my hips moved at all (they don’t). Perhaps herein lies the problem for Rose Windows. They are (or were) a band proficient in many styles. Often hinting at the bombast of Led Zeppelin, but never really going all the way there, they appear slightly hamstrung by the diversity in the songwriting of Chris Cheveyo.
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