This is kind of an odd review. It seems to have two potential audiences. Those who know the work of Dave Davies and have followed his work is one audience. Those people will likely be ecstatic with this release. It really has a classic Davies vibe to it. Much of this sounds like The Kinks and like other of his work. It definitely will seem familiar, but perhaps with a bit more of a raw, garage kind of sounds.

For those who don’t know Davies’ work, either in the Kinks or solo, there is a bit of a warning to be made. You really need to be aware that Davies’ vocals aren’t like most vocals. He’s a guitarist first, and his singing is not top=notch by any means. He is genuine and heartfelt though. Plus the songs are quite good. This has a tendency toward adventurous. I don’t like everything here, but I like a lot of it.

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The guitar sound that leads this off is nearly heavy metal. It works through some great noisy jamming before the vocals enter. There is almost a White Stripes intensity to this thing. It’s noisy and very crunchy. It kind of plods along.