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Turbowolf - Two Hands

Label: Spinefarm Records
Format: CD download
Released: 2015
Reviewed By: Jack Mangan
Rating: 8.5/ 10


Turbowolf's sound can be best equated with the un-labelled, largely-forgotten 90s heavy sub-genre of non-grunge, non-Nu Metal, non-European Metal, featuring bands like Veruca Salt, Eleven, Into Another, Baby Chaos, Placebo, etc. More modern acts with similarities could be: Joy Formidable, Ume, Queens of the Stone Age, and the White Stripes. Turbowolf frontman, Chris Georgiadis, also combines Jack White's bratty surliness with a glam-age sassiness akin to Taime Downe of Faster Pussycat. Add a gentle strength and strong female accompanying voice, and there's a strong reminder of Silversun Pickups' vocal styles.

 

The songs on "Two Hands" are mostly consistent in style and sound, with a few deviations, sometimes even into WTF territory (the two oddest: ‘Solid Gold’, which finds its way to a killer Sabbathy riff, and ‘MK Ultra’, which is more weird than not so good). Overall, the album brings enough meaty riffs and strong hooks to go shark fishing, to the benefit of the band and the listener. The energy is vibrant, with just enough snarl to recall an age when Rock n' Roll still felt a little dangerous.

‘Invisible Hand’ and ‘Rabbits Foot’ are excellent, punchy, to-the-point, in-your-face alt-ish rockers, while ‘Rich Gift’ and ‘Pale Horse’ show a little more patience to deliver similar goods.

Traditional Metal enthusiasts might begrudge the lack of guitar shred, but otherwise, I think "Two Hands" has plenty of grit and edge to appeal to most alternative and heavy music audiences.

 
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