Words by Mark Williams
Like your music on the southern rock side with a bluesy-melodic-funky soul groove and crushing riffs? Yes? You may want to give this, the re-issued second album (originally released in May 2016) from Derby based rockers Doomsday Outlaw a spin.
This album was the first to feature vocalist Phil Poole, and my, what a debut it is. A fine pair of lungs the guy has, a great bluesy voice sprinkled with a pinch of soul. Names like Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan, and Chris Cornell spring to mind.
Value for money here too, 15 tracks in all, and not a filler in sight. Bass player Indy Chanda has said the band that he would most like to emulate is Black Stone Cherry, and the evidence is right here. Walk on Water, Jericho Cane and Tale of a Broken Man certainly invoke that vibe, along with a toe in the Black Label Society territory.
Some crushing bass grooves on show here, particularly on the ear-worm of a track Fallback and the funky soul-tinged I’ve been Found.
Track Pandemonium pretty much describes this 52 seconds of mayhem, very much along the lines of Guns’n’Roses Garden of Eden/
The southern rock angle gets a good airing courtesy of Bring You Pain and Blues for a Phantom Limb, the former also giving a hefty nod towards The Faces.
Running Into You shows a softer side; a beautiful ballad with wonderfully soaring vocals.
Showcasing the bands’ diversity, we take a trip to Alice in Chains territory in Wait Until Tomorrow complete with the appropriate doom-laden chords.
The band has been gaining critical acclaim and this album is an accomplished offering, dripping with class. Give it a listen and you may work out why for yourself.
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