THE WARLOCKS
Rise And Fall (Bomp)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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The second Warlocks CD begins with a fourteen minute jam in the tradition of The Velvet Underground, not too surprisingly since that seems to be their main influence. It's the title track and it sure does have its moments, but I can't help thinking a few joints of really good shake would have made the fourteen minutes seem more important. Alas, I gave that stuff up years ago, around the time that several of my favorite records mysteriously became annoying. "House Of Glass" follows, clocking in at 8:08, a Pink Floyd influence on every sleeve in motion as the acoustic guitar jangles, the electric guitar slides with mystic wisdom and the piano, bass and drums fill in the colors without ever going outside the lines. Bobby Hecksher's voice does the rest, and quite nicely, I might add, making the Floydian gambit a success, even though - and possibly partly because - they switch to a Sticky Fingers-era Stones acoustic guitar ending. The album is full of atmosphere, if not a whole lot of originality.

© 2001 - DJ Johnson