Wolfmother-Wolfmother

Just say the name Wolfmother.Go on.Do it slowly,let it roll around your mouth,savour it and then spit it out.Good.Now,didn't it feel menacing and somehow reassuring and comfortable and even spiritual?

From start to finish,Wolfmother's debut album is a perilous knapsack journey by three men over craggy mountains to rock Bethlehem.And the gifts they offer are of golden guitars,sonorous organs and lyrics which thankfully make no sense whatsoever.It is true that much of the band's sound and lyrical vision are rooted in the kind of stoner mysticism favoured by led zeppelin and their kin.

On the Grammy winning track "Woman",guitarist/vocalist Andrew Stockdale's voice recalls a young Robert Plant.There is also no doubting the flower child mentality beaming through tracks like the transcendent "Mind's Eye" and "Colossal" where Stockdale barks "She's talking to the trees again".The song "Witchcraft" features the best flute solo heard since Jethro Tull's last tour."Joker and the Thief" is all tumbling drums and louder than love guitar bites.

This band makes you want to pick an instrument and thrash yourself into a frenzy.Play it loud and howl.

Band:Wolfmother
Album:Wolfmother
Genre:Hard rock,Psychedelic rock,Stoner rock
Year:2006
Rating:9/10