Time and time again music comes through. If you’re Black Stone Cherry’s Chris Robertson, a frontman as talented as he is understated, music is pretty much the only way to make sense of – and come to terms with – an increasingly confusing world. This is his band’s eighth album, one that both recalls the grungy heft of their classic 2006 debut while simultaneously sounding like something utterly of its own time. It isn’t exactly a puzzle or something to feel smug about liking – it’s just Black Stone Cherry continuing to be a brilliant band. The first music to drop from this 12-tracker was the zeitgeist-capturing Out Of Pocket, a song that aptly summarises the difficult economic times we’re living through, without being remotely preachy. Chris’ chest-bursting vocal launch...
Time and time again music comes through. If you’re Black Stone Cherry’s Chris Robertson, a frontman as talented as he is understated, music is pretty much the only way to make sense of – and come to terms with – an increasingly confusing world. This is his band’s eighth album, one that both recalls the grungy heft of their classic 2006 debut while simultaneously sounding like something utterly of its own time. It isn’t exactly a puzzle or something to feel smug about liking – it’s just Black Stone Cherry continuing to be a brilliant band. The first music to drop from this 12-tracker was the zeitgeist-capturing Out Of Pocket, a song that aptly summarises the difficult economic times we’re living through, without being remotely preachy. Chris’ chest-bursting vocal launch...