This is a very retro set and it feels glad to be so. Guns’n’Roses and Stone Temple Pilots are both cited as heavy influences and these guys certainly share a love of riffs and accomplished, shiny guitar licks with both of these groups. But while both of these parties have long since fallen into self-loving and self-parodic orgies of bluesiness, Kodiak Jack still sound young, eager and fresh. They know their strengths but they also know how to stretch and improve upon them, so that you, the listener, go with them and want to hear more. There is real heart and power at the centre of this set that soon has you cheering along with it and shouting for more. Yes, these boys love their riffs but they also remember to counter them with a small but welcome vein of punkiness which runs right through every song. That is what makes you listen out for more.
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