In anticipation of their upcoming release, The 100th Monkey, Earth And The Next Society reveal four tracks to give a taste of what is coming up.
Soaked in classic rock swagger, these tracks hark back to a time when prog rock reigned, while also acknowledging the clean aesthetics of modern music.
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‘Cheap Hustle’ bears all the hallmarks of classic Pink Floyd, with its snappy guitars and billowing synths, not to mention the yowling vocals, while ‘Sedona’ is more of a woozy, slinky blues number that leans towards Gold era Ryan Adams, with a distant hammond organ laying beneath a steady driving rhythm and the visceral lyrics “Red rocks / You know I’ve got my feet on your ground.”
‘Awake And Alive’ pulls out all the rock stops, opening with a swirling organ and driving drums, holding steady for the track’s duration and building towards an atmospheric conclusion, while ‘Goddess Of Light’ is more of a slow dance – the kind of track to be played as the closing moments of a wedding dance.
Earth And The Next Society have some strong rock sensibilities, and if these four tracks are anything to go by, their full album The 100th Monkey will make a lot of classic rock fans very happy.
By Chris Marsh
