Rodeo Drive – No Second Chance

Rodeo Drive – No Second Chance

Self released – 2017

Rock, Stoner, Grunge, Fuzz

Rated: ****

We never got around to mentioning Morbid Beauty back in 2014. The debut release by German outfit Rodeo Drive. Well, the trio is back now, with a three track EP called No Second Chance. Well, it is in fact our second chance to get the word out on this hefty ramshackle fuzz rock stoner team! A team that features on bass and vocals Hans Eiselt from Samsara Blues Experiment. (Who released that damn fine One With The Universe album that ended high in the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2017 thanks to all the voters.) I guess the Samsara Blues creeps wherever the Samsara Blues wants to creep; even though this time around the cat does get more dusty, creepy, grimy and grungy. Less spacey and less psychedelic as one might expect the trio works up quite the appetite for dirty stuff in the first two tracks. Which finds its much more groovy and funky release in the final Black Satire track. Which also definitely meanders on the soiled side of the street. I guess the Samsara Blues not only loves outer space, but also loves the gutter!

(Written by JK)

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