Solid Street – Self Titled (Music Review)
By Andrew Duncan • Feb 12th, 2010 • Category: Categories, Indianapolis, Music ReviewsSolid Street will be performing this Saturday at Local’s Only with Woah! Tiger, and The Last Domino. Check out their website for further tour dates.
Solid Street
Self-Titled
Self-Released
Rating: 3.2 out of 5
Link: http://www.solidstreet.com/
Fishers, Indiana seems like an unlikely place for a band like this to be cranking out music like that. With the combination of saucy soul and expressive blues, you would imagine a band like this to come from the lifeblood of Downtown Indy.
And it’s that combination of soul and blues where this band shines the most. Take the song “Wallflower.” It’s a marriage of Clapton-esque Layla sessions with James Carr-style lyricism. And even though “Nothin’ Nice To Say” proves that they can jam, it’s the softer touches to this album that find its way into the heart of this band and the ears of the listener.
Guitar-influenced, the Hendrix heavy “Heaven Hold Her” and the road trippin’ “Highway Sign” boasts some sweet guitar solos. They take off with no intention of coming back down, but actually ends up becoming the glue to the song. This is not your Stevie Ray Vaughan, more like guitar roaming with Al Green sincerity. Don’t get me wrong, this is a group of accomplished musicians who know how to manipulate a song into submission. Some of the key changes may catch you off guard, but this is a band with direction whether you listen to it for the music or for the songwriting, something each band member passionately shares.
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Andrew Duncan is a journalist who has migrated to the forces of academia. He has written for various publications including Chord, Heckler, Readyset...Aesthetic, and a vast array of alternative press contributions. When not roaming the streets of Indianapolis, he is either addicted to KXCI, making music, or striving to watch every film listed on IMDB.
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