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Hailing out of France but sounding like they're steeped in the
spirit of 1991 US Grunge, Seventies British Heavy Metal and Prog and even New European
Psych - "The Socks" make a hell of an angry racket. And in the case
of "Some Kind Of Sorcery" (the lead off single) they have been
clearly snorting Nirvana's "Nevermind" and Black Sabbath's
"Master Of Reality" on a nightly basis.
"Next To The Light" has that great phased Ozzie
vocal (similar to "Planet Caravan") and it's as commercial (dare we
say it) as this album gets. I can hear this beauty getting serious airplay.
Personal favourites include the choppy guitar-rock of
"Gypsy Lady" with its heavy Stranglers bass and keyboard lines while
the six and half-minute finisher "The Last Dragon" with its smoky guitars
and Mellotron swirl would do many a Vertigo Spiral band proud (May Blitz and
Linda Hoyle's Affinity jump to mind). I bet it slays them live.
Similar in vein to Black Rainbows, Karma To Burn and Mars
Red Sky - The Socks have made a slammer of a debut and Julien Meret's vocals
are going to make Kurt Cobain and Chris Cornell fans sit up and take serious
notice. Well done…
