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 Post subject: Stubb- Self Titled (Superhot Records)
PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:07 pm 
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Thought I should collate all of the reviews in one place, there's a few French ones that I'll have to translate so I'll work on those:

The Obelisk review-

'Fuzz abounds, but Dickinson, Holland and West do more than just follow the guitar through verses and choruses, touching on acoustic freak-folk and heavy rock classicism in a manner that does nothing to upset the overall flow of the album, which gradually reveals a strength of songwriting to complement the initial catchiness of the first couple tracks'

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http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2012/02/02/stubbreview/

This is another one of those releases that I feel needs to be adequately ranted about the minute it arrives as it is extremely frustrating listening to how horrifically talented these guys are, and this album really does sound like a perfect slice of the 70s which is a perfect start to a chilling Monday morning. After coming across Stubb some time back on the Dopefight album launch I must admit they did go somewhat under the radar at the time but it was after becoming horrifically attached to the songs of Trippy Wicked that I went on the hunt for anything I could get my hands on that was crafted by Pete and Chris. The first Stubb EP was very “lo-fi” so to hear these songs recorded to such a high standard is a real treat and I know for a fact that it will not be leaving my playlist for quite some time. Each song covers a different mood from the initial building stomp and groove of ‘Road’ and ‘Scale the Mountain’ leading to a much more ambient and trippy (unavoidable pun link!) sound of the final songs ‘Crying River’ and ‘Galloping horses’ It comes as no surprise that they sound so good seeing as they were lovingly mixed and mastered by Tony Reed of Stone Axe fame (whom they shall be touring alongside later this year!) who certainly is a man with an ear for all things Psych and retro.

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STUBB are a 3 Piece Hard-Rock Band from London, United Kingdom

The members are

Jack Dickinson- Guitar and vocals
Christopher West- Drums
Peter Holland-Bass

STUBB are a Hard Rock Band mixing Psych, 60’s and 70’s Rock N Roll with a great modern hard rock sensibility. These guys have got a fearsome and well deserved reputation in the UK who have toured with some big-hitters of Stoner Rock.

STUBB have just released their brilliant S/T new album. An 8 song almost 40 minute ride of hard-rocking tunes I haven’t this great in a long, long time.

This album is an absolute blast from start to finish. Brilliantly produced which provides brilliant riff after brilliant riff all delivered in the best possible way.

The album is full of standout tracks that takes you back to the golden age of 60’s/70’s hard rocking bands such as Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, The Who and many bands of that classic genre.

If STUBB were around in the 70s there is no doubt these guys would be big hitters on the world stage. This album is simply sensational. The guitar work is a wonderful thing to listen to. Incorporating Blues, Hard-Rock, Psych and modern day Rock and Roll.

The vocals are another highlight. Full of passion and intricate energy not seen in many bands. This album is a master class of UK Hard Rock. It really is great to see a band like STUBB bringing 60’s/70’s Hard Rock riffs blended in with modern day Stoner Rock influences.

I cant fault this brilliant album one bit. It leaves you with a big smile on your face and a warm feeling inside. This is a superb album to clear away all of these winter blues that everyone is having. This is an album you can listen to anytime this year and it will still bring a smile to your face.

As stated before the album is full of superb tracks like “Road”, “Flame”, “Hard Hearted Woman” and the brilliant 7 minute epic “Galloping Horses” which showcases this bands talents at its finest. Blending all of their musical genres to take you onto a far out trippy journey.

All in all this is a brilliant album from one of the very best up and coming UK Hard Rock bands. I urge you all to check this out as you can download this on BandCamp Pay Anything You Want Type Deal.

Or if you want the physical release then you can get it from here from the awesome SuperHot Records. So get checking this great band and be prepared to be blown away. Brilliant and highly recommended.

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For the first ever release on Trippy Wicked drummer Chris West’s new label Superhot Records his other band, Stubb, teams him with Trippy Wicked bandmate Peter Holland on bass and original lead vocalist/guitarist and founder Jack Dickinson for a slightly more ’70s-rooted psych sound than Trippy Wicked’s doom influences, but with plenty of stoner metal in there as well. Indeed the album is kind of front-loaded with the heavier, stoner grooves (particularly opener Road with its fuzzy leads on the intro), which gradually give way over the course of the first seven of the album’s eight tracks to more expansive bluesy stuff, seperated at five by brilliant acoustic number Crosses You Bear, before one final slab of heavier riffing at the start of closer Galloping Horses. That too, as the album’s longest track, then goes on to spread its wings, so to speak, with some of the disc’s best blues-psych playing. The only track which sounds like it a could be a Trippy Wicked track is Scale The Mountain, whose riff could come off Movin’ On, and also features a chorus sung by Holland, who handles all of their vocals; the rest is distinctly Stubb. Produced by Stone Axe‘s Tony Reed, who will also be responsible for the forthcoming new Saint Vitus, there’s a brilliant distinction between a rumbling bass sound which, were it the subject of lesser production, would threaten to overwhelm the guitars, and the rest. This maintains the thick, heavy groove they’ve aimed for while letting the leads cut through. There are a lot of stoner, psych and doom albums to come this year, from many more established acts than Stubb, but they’ll struggle to be this complete.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:57 am 
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This is Superhot Records first punt, and it’s convincing. While it’s far too early to see if the label will pigeonhole a niche, Stubb are certainly a worthy selection in dirt-rock quality. This is an album harking back to those vintage pubs and clubs dedicated to the sounds of Sabbath and Hendrix, drenched in the wails of bluesy feedback and its evergreen psychedelia.

The self-titled, ‘Stubb’, is a quaint exercise in imperfection, embodied by a vintage recording. It feels as if you’re in a grimy, smoke filled room with the trio, as they spontaneously jam through the uppers and downers of 70s rock, brightened by their psychedelic and explosive choruses.

This is a fairly brisk and messy affair that’s made fun in its reminiscence for the simple sounding old school, and thankfully, the record has been put together without copying guitar tabs of Osbourne infused rock - Stubb’s own stamp on the material pays homage to the oldies instead of blindly ripping them off. Track, “Scale The Mountain” bobbles along its driven choruses before bubbling up into a widescreen, spectacular Wylde-like chorus, while “Hard Hearted Woman” is close to a disorientated “Voodoo Child” that slows deliriously down into a drunken blues lull. “Galloping Horses” is Stubb at their most aggressive, and notably most captivating; structurally, it sticks out like a sore thumb, and unlike that of the 70s period pieces which came before it, this is the one tune they’ll reside an identity in. It’s a powerful, stompy finish to the album. Edgy and angsty in its blues chugging, yet suitable for a headbang to the pace of Kyuss.

Stubb aren’t a band to wreck with your soul. Sure, they do trip themselves up every now and then, but there’s enough standout material on playback to make the crumples worth your effort. They’ll definitely provide the oldies dancing around the perch with a good time, while sounding modern enough for newcomers alike, to jump on their bandwagon.

8/10 http://www.superhotrecords.com/

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:08 pm 
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For the dedicated music fan, hearing a great new album is rather akin to the feeling that a gourmet gets when introduced to a particularly tasty meal. The pulse quickens, the heart pulses and a sense of excitement, not unlike that of an epiphany descends upon the listener. It is exciting, almost like ecstasy and utterly impossible to explain to someone who doesn’t share your passion – your exhortations about the particular joys of a new album more often than not receiving polite nods and exasperated looks.

However, it is just this feeling that strikes when you are introduced to the flaming guitars and psychedelic visions of London’s mighty stubb, a band possessed of a nonsensical name and a penchant for riffs hewn out of solid rock. An answer to the tripped out bliss of American acts Om, Earthless and Carlton Melton, Stubb not only hold their own but even succeed in overpowering their transatlantic cousins with some truly remarkable song writing and beautiful soloing.

Opening with the frazzled trip that is ‘road’, it doesn’t take long to gain a measure of the quality of Stubb – vocals are slack but tuneful, guitars are played with dazzling virtuosity and riffs of such quality fly by that, if they’re not causing Josh Homme sleepless nights, they damn well should be. As if anticipating your instinctive reaction that a band you may well have never heard of can’t possibly that good, the bands then blindside you by unleashing ‘scale the mountain’ a song that, if anything, improves upon its predecessor and labels Stubb firmly as the band that Them Crooked Vultures wanted to be – a bold statement indeed. A massive… no, a MASSIVE stoner riff crawls out of the speakers, cymbals crash and a solo is ground out before vocals are even contemplated and underpinning all this, the bass sleepwalks around the riffs with consummate ease, providing a solid base from which the band can launch their spacey epics. As the song approaches five minutes, soaked in reverb and feedback it’s as if the stars have aligned and there is nothing you won’t do for this band.‘Flame’ sees the pace slacken as Stubb go for the pelvis with a slow-grind riff that is part Kyuss, part Barry White and even then it explodes into a thousand points of light as the riffs become more agitated and the band unleash a torrent of holy fire from their overloaded amps. ‘Soul mover’ does exactly what its title suggests – a furious, full-throttle boogie designed to shake any and every part of you that needs shaking before reaching a furious climax.

After so wanton a start, It’s high time for a breather and so the band opt for an acoustic ramble through the delightfully lo-fi ‘crosses you bear’ which is both elegiac and gloriously bare – as if the band are more than aware of the song’s natural charms and resisted the urge to smother it in any unnecessary embellishments. Indeed it is the closest I’ve heard yet to a band approaching the frayed splendour of Syd Barret’s solo work and it provides a suitable breather before we are dazzled with ‘hard hearted woman’ – a tripped-out riff-fest of monumental proportions which is equal parts Hendrix, Audioslave and Deep Purple and which proves to be a potent brew indeed right down to the spacey bass solo that proves so effective in the latter stages of the song. ‘Crying river’ sees the band adopt a laid-back tone and effective backing vocals courtesy of Malin Dahlgren who adds depth to the track, as does Tony Dallas Reed who throws in some glorious guitar giving the track a gentle Neil Young feel. The final track, and oh does it arrive far too soon, is the gloriously heavy ‘galloping horses’ which has a riff approximately the size and weight of Pluto, and percussion to match. Better still is the lengthy instrumental outro that is as fluid and as heavy as anything Zeppelin produced. It’s a fine ending to a fine album indeed and it leaves you very much in thrall to a band who have delivered an album that belongs high up indeed in the pantheon of psychedelic rock monsters.

All in all Stubb have delivered a debut that can only be described as flawless. If you don’t enjoy this record then you clearly hate rock music and you should head off to a deserted island to spend the rest of your years in disgrace with only your secret stash of Britney albums for company. For everyone else I struggle to emphasise quite how good this bluesy, stoner, psychedelic, monstrously heavy album is – go discover it for yourself now, you will not be disappointed.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:23 pm 
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Hurling you back to the late Sixties, complete with paisley shirts, is UK's Stubb. This power trio brings heavy and psychedelic rock with damp basement production, little overdubs, and lots of fuzz. You might hear Cream or Hendrix in their vibe; it's like listening to the early proto-metal or stoner rock only in the present.

Mostly Stubb captures that genuine and classic heavy-psych rock feel across this disc. The better songs for this overarching motif are the opener Road and the closer Galloping Horses. That latter song and title betrays more than a little irony: galloping usually suggest speed while the song is mostly slow steady heavy rock. Hard Hearted Woman has a more of a lively attitude, yet still remains thumping rock. Surprises are the acoustic notes within the dirge Crosses You Bear and deep grooved Crying River. As for the rest the album, it's pretty much heavy rock.

Like their kin, Stone Axe or Grifter, Stubb get the whole early heavy rock thing, and produce an interesting and adequate platter of tunes. They're just 40 years removed from yesterday. Recommended.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:03 am 
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UK power trio Stubb step out of some foggy way-back machine, blown fuzzboxes and torn blotting paper spilling out about them, mere casualties of a road long traveled, and set their phasers to super-stun. Their mission, no doubt decreed by the God of untamed sideburns, paisley blouses, and flaming guitars, is to zap you with psych rays and fry your mind with electric blues, thereby enslaving you to the almighty groove. Resistance to this deliciously heavy tone is futile, so I’d surrender now if I were you, because Stubb’s self-titled debut album boasts enough in-your-face bass and righteous riffs to blast you to smithereens. Of course, that’s speaking only of the atomic shock of songs like “Road,” “Soul Mover,” and “Hard Hearted Woman,” and should your defenses allow you to absorb that 70s-bred hyper-blow, you’ll surely find yourself at the mercy of their alternate modes of attack, like the cosmic chorus melody of “Scale the Mountain,” the pagan folk of “Crosses You Bear,” and the acid rock of “Crying River”. Even though there’s plenty of opportunity for Stubb to let their wah-wah solos and freak jams run amok, they refuse to drag the album out and do a killer job of keeping their retro static short and sweet. Oh, and Stubb called on ally Tony Reed (Mos Generator, Stone Axe, HeavyPink) to mix and and master this one (and provide additional guitar on “Crying River”), so that ought to tell you that they’re taking this whole invasion thing pretty seriously. Yes, mission accomplished, I’d say.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:05 pm 
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“Holy fuzz rock Batman” would be the words out of Robin’s mouth after listening to Stubb’s debut full length. Stubb has been around for a few years with one EP under their belt. Well they have just released their first full length and oh it is ever so good.

Stubb is a fine mix of hard rock, blues rock with plenty of fuzz. Right away the album kicks into high gear with the track “Road” and it doesn’t stop until the last note in “Galloping Horses.” “Road” is one catchy tune in itself. The Cream/Hendrix like riffs and guitar work, the catchy tune and lyrics (“Every road I take, it leads me to your door.”). “Scale The Mountain” gets fuzzier and a bit more aggressive but yet melodic at the same time. “Soul Mover” is what I would describe as a soul mover, the track was written to really get you going. It’s fast paced and really grooves. “Hard Headed Woman” (which I think is written about my wife, shhh.) starts off in typical Stubb fashion but takes a turn in the middle, it has a nice little break down then a slower instrumental all the way to the end. “Crying River” is a much slower and mellower song with a catchy guitar line. The little solo at about 2:45 in is petty damn good. “Galloping Horses” ends the album off in high fashion. It’s heavy and very very fuzzy. It’s also the longest track at 7:14 long. The vocals are somewhat aggressive and the instrumentals to close off the tack and album are about as perfect as one can get.

Some people believe in reincarnation. If you don’t then fathom this; Jimi Hendrix died and was reincarnated into Jack, Chris and Peter. The spirit of Hendrix lives through his music, his legacy and has influenced to many bands to name. One thing for sure though, his spirit has touched the guys in Stubb in a way in which I’ve never heard before. Stubb is one of those perfect albums. I can personally list it as a top album along with Graveyard’s self titled and any Clutch album. Listen for yourself below. Hell, the band is giving away the entire thing for free so you’ve got nothing to lose. Physical copies are available through Superhot Records on CD and LP.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:54 pm 
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It’s nice to come across a band who takes their music seriously without taking themselves too seriously, and I believe Stubb falls right into the middle of that category. They are serious about their music, and they are serious about playing it, something you might not glean from the band’s portrait photo that accompanies the album where they are obviously having a lot of fun with the process of adorning this awesome track collection. The release of their self-titled debut album is a quality achievement, with the predominant sound on this album super heavy, fuzzed out and distorted, riffs and hooks in all the right places, melodies intertwined with the onrush of anabolic sound, vocals that deliver a wonderful and adept finishing touch to exceptional music, long and trippy interludes that harken back to the first era of rock glory, while making a case for inclusion in this, the second era of rock glory. As mentioned above in their press release they depart from the hairier tracks on two occasions, but for me those departures prove they are about playing top notch music, caring first for the craft and quality of their chosen art, while happening to apply that craft to full bodied and muscular rock. I believe you will find yourself listening to Stubb again and again, discovering all the nuances and wonderfulness of each part of each song, while letting the music trigger the primal drive deep inside through exquisite compilations and adept renderings of their hearty work.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:47 am 
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Translated into English via google translate:

Imagine a parallel universe in which a Jimi Hendrix steelworker in Birmingham in the late sixties would accidentally cut some phalanges by manipulating a hydraulic press. Imagine further that the guitarist, who want to continue to jam along with buddies musicians, would have designed a 'prosthesis house' with a piece of melted plastic and some leather straps. Imagine, finally, that this device would have brought his blues riffs and psychedelic dimension 'heavy' rather unusual at the time.

It is unlikely that this little foray into the fantastic world of rock'n'roll fourth dimension gives rise to the blockbuster film of the summer. However, it has the merit at least give you an idea of what you can expect by putting the first album (eponymous) Stubb's on your plate.

For music the London trio could be summarized as follows: the collision between heavy rock and psychedelic blues, a deluge 'Hendrix' Wah-Wah and Fuzz subjected to a clumsy paw Iommi in psychedelic delirium.

It was guitarist / singer Jack Dickinson forming the trio in 2006. The original rhythm section leaves the ship in 2007, shortly after having recorded a demo of three songs entitled "Dropout Sessions". In 2009, after a short period of inactivity, Dickinson enlisted the services of Pete Holland and Chris West, bassist and drummer respectively of the excellent trio doom / sludge / stoner Trippy Wicked & the Cosmic Children of the Knight (see " Movin On ") which we have already praised. End of 2010, Stubb (re) invests 'Dropout Studios' (Author's note: in the suburbs of London) to record his first album with Tim Cedar, the leader of noise rock combo Part Chimp. Tony Read, guitarist of the seventies rock band Stone Axe American, with Stubb which skims the scenes of England and Germany later in the year 2011, is responsible for his mixing and mastering. Putting into practice the adage that says that one is never better served than by oneself, Chris West published "Stubb" on his own label (Superhot Records).

This combination of contemporary musicians born over a plate 'seventies' that nature. Following in the footsteps of Witchcraft and Firebird, Stubb resurrects, for thirty-five minutes only, the combined talents of Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Mountain, Black Sabbath, Grand Funk Railroad and Humble Pie.

"Stubb" is available on the site of Superhot Records on CD, LP and digital download platforms usual (Author's note: the cover is really sublime, and it would be a shame to miss out by simply tasteless electronic files) . Happiness is hearing a click away. You would really be wrong to deprive yourself!

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I love it when we actually get sent a physical copy of an album by bands, it somewhat reaffirms me that not all the music we deal with is harshly compressed and digitalised in some way. I like that. But what makes it all that much better is when you listen to the band and utterly love them within the first 30 seconds. This is the sort of effect that fuzz fanatics Stubb have on me, and if you're a fellow stoner psych enthusiast then they're bound to have the same result with you. If not then I'd hazard a guess there's something seriously defective with you.
So whats so great? Well... Thicker and heavier than a skip full of tar, its pretty easy to tell that this record was laid down in that time old and traditional analogue fashion. Good on them too! It's about time more bands started back pedalling against technology, to an extent at least. It just undoubtably sounds a whole lot better and this album is a perfect case in point. The majority of tracks are saturated in an awesome aura of fuzz, but where some stoner bands tend to rely on this as a subtle distraction to not a lot else going on, Stubb don't. Far from it in fact, because layered over the top is a constant and dominant wave after wave of classic rock influenced riffage. Sounding like a down tuned modern day Cream, each and every riff and lick is not only technically great but ridiculously catchy right from the opening track Road. The album looses pace a little at track 5 Crosses You Bear - an acoustic folky ballad number, but 2 minutes later the pace picks up where it left of and thunders into (for me) the best track of the eight; Hard Hearted Woman which seems to possess every classic rock element you can imagine. Fast stormy riffs merging into whaling echoey solos, tight bass and drum lines and vocals about debaucherous evil women.
So how much do you have to pay for this awesomeness? Well, if you're tighter than a ducks butt; nothing. But if you actually have a brain in you're skull you can and should pick this record up on the format it was truly born for. Yup, the good ol' chaps at Superhot Records have gone ahead and pressed an unspecified number on vinyl. I don't imagine they got a massive amount made up so I'd get one ordered sharpish!...
I have.

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I loved Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children of the Night’s Movin’ On . It’s great old school Stoner Rock stuff – riffs galore, intrepid, stoney musical explorations and a general fun listen. So when drummer Chris West emailed me not long ago about his start-up record label, aptly named ‘Superhot Records’, and the debut of his other band, Stubb, I was already on board. West is a clever fellow, he’d already inoculated me to his frequency magick pro audio.

Stubb’s debut is similar to Trippy Wicked’s in that West and crew (comprised guitarist Jack Dickinson and bassist/vocalist Peter Holland) reveal a tremendous proclivity for distortion and volume as well as a sweet tooth for 70s style hard rock. It’s always tough to convert the sound and feeling of music into words, but “Hendrix-ian Power Fuzz” came right to mind as soon as the rumble-on-overdrive opening of “Road” exploded out of my speakers followed by a whiplash of heavy 70’s fretboard flash. Dickinson is anything but subtle regarding his prowess on the 6 string – like many of those flared of pants and ego that have strode arena stages before, Dickinson is a bit of a show off. To his credit, his is the talent that happens to be the anomaly that can actually carry it off. The solos, licks and riffs contained within are all of stellar quality.

Not to overblow the immediate impact of “Road”, but it’s probably the band’s signature track – heavy riff, scorching guitar and a creatively brillant passage where vocalist Holland does a bit of jazz-like Scat in time with Dickinson’s guitar. “Crosses You Bear” is the album’s brief, 2 minute break from scads of distorted volume, an acoustic piece regarding imbibed reflection, hints that Stubb is equally adept plugged or unplugged. That’s not true for all Power Trios and a credit to the musicianship of these three fellas. “Hard Hearted Woman” will be another album favorite, sounding like Hendrix & The Experience playing through Blue Cheer’s setup. The distortion lingers on the precipice of ridiculous, but the band pull themselves back in time around the 2:40 mark for a quiet, bluesy bass and guitar pairing to take them to the end of the song. The guitar again is the highlight, Dickinson quickly switching his sound from speaker-blowing to soulful, reflective playing, quite reminiscent here of Robin Trower. Another track to be on the lookout for is “Galloping Horses”, with it’s almost proto-punk high tempo beginning and end bookending some exceptionally prolific and unabashed 70’s hard rock soloing. I’m a sucker for that Double Live Gonzo shit, boy.

If you fancy yourself a dip into a pool of 70’s-styled volume, distortion and fretboard flash excess, Stubb’s debut is just the place to hop in. Stone Axe mastermind Tony Dallas Reed does a phenomenal job in mixing and mastering, keeping the integrity of Stubb’s raw sound just to the point where the speakers shake, but don’t blow. Great stuff that will leave dinosaur tracks in your living room.

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Oh how I love the power-trio format and here is a band from London that are a classic example of three guys doing the work that some 5 or even 6 member bands try to do and fail. Stubb are a 70's inspired heavy rock trio, fuzzed out, groovy and infectious as can be, churning out tunes that would be considered timeless classics now if they had have been released circa 1972. This band featuring Jack Dickinson (guitar, lead vocals), Peter Holland (bass, backing vocals) and Chris West (drums) are all about volume-worshipping, distortion and Hendrix inspired grooves mixed with the classic heavy rock sounds of bands like Budgie, Mountain, and Blue Cheer. West and Holland are also members of the well-respected London outfit Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Knight. For the most part, Stubb have a traditional British flavor to them - harking back to an era when guitar playing was all about flash and style. This self-titled album was mixed and mastered by Tony Reed (Stone Axe, Mos Generator) and he has done a remarkable job of capturing the band without much in the way of overdubs or studio trickery. In fact, this pretty much sounds like a live band captured on tape in all its glory.

From the outset, it is obvious that the band is all about blistering riff work with large amounts of wah-wah, throbbing bass lines, and being immensely catchy while remaining raw at all times. These songs combine all the best facets of 70's heavy rock - the big riffs, trippy, psychedelic interludes, jammy passages, and melodies. From the opening track, 'Road' with all its arena-rock anthemic riffing mixed with psychedelic-rock self-indulgence, the album automatically grabs the attention of the listener and it doesn't let go throughout a whirlwind 8 songs, all that are filled with phenomenal musicianship. 'Road' best sums up the bands approach which is hard rock intensity mixed with stunning creativity. One interesting point about the band is it has two very talented vocalists in the band with Dickinson and Holland and together they enhance each other with stunning melodies and exceptional vocal phrasing. Take a listen to the one section during 'Road' where Holland does a bit of jazz-styled scat with the guitar - you don't hear stuff like this everyday, exceptionally good.

'Scale The Mountain,' 'Flame,' and the incredibly groovy 'Soul Mover' blend gifted songwriting with the very highest quality of guitar techniques. You can literally hear passages of Eric Clapton styled blues, Ritchie Blackmore styled classical inflections, and Jimi Hendrix styled larger than life psychedelic mastery and sometimes, all of this comes together in the one song. It is not all hard rock traditionalism though, 'Crosses You Bear' displays a softer side to the band and while it is still the 70's tradition, it has a very different vibe to the rest of the album. I would still describe it within the Cream-Clapton era blues-rock mold but there is also something unique about this that sets it apart from the standard blues-rock fare.

'Hard-Hearted Woman' reminds me strongly of Humble Pie - if you have heard their long-winded jams on the Fillmore East live album, you might understand where I am coming from. It is heavy 70's blues grooves, tight enough to impress musically but loose enough to give you that off-the-cuff live feeling. While this reminds of Humble Pie the sound is more akin to the ear-bleeding sounds of a Blue Cheer and you volume/distortion junkies out there will dig it I am sure. At times the distortion threatens to take over the sound completely but they reel it in just when it is needed. Another ballad follows with 'Crying River' featuring female vocals courtesy of Malin Dahlgren and this is perhaps the weakest track on the album. It is still way above-average in songwriting and performance but given the exceptional quality of all the other tunes this album has to offer, 'Crying River' comes off a bit like filler.

After that slight come-down in proceedings, the album ends on a masterpiece, 'Galloping Horses.' This tune kicks off up-tempo and very energetic and just gets more wild and unleashed as it goes along. Muscular riffing blended with blistering leads is the order of the day with this tune with the band sounding like a proto-hardcore punk version of Mountain. If you like your 70's inspired rock to be full of flash, this album is for you. The production is raw but warm, much like that of many a 70's heavy rock classic album and the playing is full of taste and excitement. In a word, this album is addictive - buy it....9/10.

http://www.doommantia.com/2012/03/stubb-st.html

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 Post subject: Re: Stubb- Self Titled (Superhot Records)
PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:16 am 
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I've spun this so many times over the last month along with Trippy Wicked's Movin On and Going Home, which I picked up at the same time. All excellent albums.


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 Post subject: Re: Stubb- Self Titled (Superhot Records)
PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:24 am 
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Thanks Soma

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 Post subject: Re: Stubb- Self Titled (Superhot Records)
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Yeah, all albums are incredibly good :)

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