Mothman and The Thunderbirds – Gazer

 

 

Mothman and The Thunderbirds – Gazer
Self released – 2023
Rock, Hard, Metal, Nu, Grunge, Sludge, Prog
Rated: ***

The new Mothman and The Thunderbirds EP, Gazer is about to be released. Four songs, two covers, one original and one instrumental bonus track. And even though we definitely dig the original title track Gazer, I am pretty sure most everyone will be talking about that Smash Mouth cover song All Star first and foremost. Turning that, dubious song, into an almost nu-metal flashback of that era and punching all the buttons to change the entire track and morph it into an even more dubious version of the original, takes courage and talent. Which they show again with their version of The Byrds’s Mr. Spaceman. Turning this ditty into an insane carnival ride, as crazy as and as weird as a Bazooka Circus kind of trip. And turning up the freak on something The Byrds did, definitely takes skill. And that, it seems, that the Mothman and The Thunderbirds crazies have in abundance. But let’s turn back to Gazer, a song from 2018 the guys unearthed this year, and turned into something short and sweet, prog and sludge metal. A song that seems to be all about cramming as much catchiness into something intense one moment and very wide and big gestured the next. And this in only two minutes and forty-six seconds. Served as a fun side dish to the main course to arrive later this year, Gazer makes one hungry for more. More of their original work… Hungry with a curious anxiety to hear if the next passage around the sun will glitter like gold, and if they will be the shooting stars that will break the mold…

(Written by JK)

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