Time: 46:42
File: Flac
Released: 2018
Styles: Funky bluesrock
Art: Full
1. 25 Degrees Below Zero (3:45)
2. Sit Down (4:17)
3. Has Humankind Lost its Soul (4:27)
4. I'm Afraid of the Next Blues (3:20)
5. 8000 Miles (3:40)
6. Time to Forgive (4:42)
7. Reputation (4:34)
8. Red Hot No Shot (3:28)
9. High-Level Woman (3:38)
10. Risking Love Again (3:54)
11. Keep on Working (3:00)
12. Look Out Mama (3:53)
The album opens with the pumping boogie 25 Degrees Below Zero in which the spirit of Creedence Clearwater Revival haunts. The flat raw vocals of Willy Matt and his poor English pronunciation are more than compensated by the razor-sharp cutting guitar playing. The mid-tempo Sit Down has a bluesy pub-rock sound and is slightly spiced up by the burning guitar solo. This also happens in the ballad Has Humankind Lost Its Soul, which sounds similar to our own bands Carlsberg and A.A. & The Doctors makes you think. The funky blues rocker I'm Afraid Of The Next Blues again sticks too much to the neat side. Fortunately, Irénée's guitar comes to the rescue again.
Fortunately, the languidly grooving 8000 Miles has a bit more spice, partly due to the mean guitar licks. In the song you come across some Lynyrd Skynyrd influences. The somewhat anonymous sounding ballad Time To Forgive is also saved by the guitar again. Red Hot No Shot opens promisingly in a super funky way, then collapses again in the chorus and is then resuscitated by the screeching guitar. Then two songs follow, which just don't want to get off the ground. The funky High-Level Woman and the blues rocker Risking Love Again. In Keep On Working the band seems to have found the right swing and the right sound. A nice staccato rocker with pointy guitar work.
When the album then closes with the acoustic ballad Look Out Mama, a song that will appeal to fans of The Scorpions, I can only conclude that The Blues Mystery is a nice blues band with an excellent guitarist, which we should at least keep an eye on.
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