"Weather the Storm" succeeds last years long player "Playground for Life". The young Irish band has had a great run in the slipstream of "Playground for Life" getting European tours with
Dio and
Gotthard plus playing a triumphant gig at Sweden Rock festival.
"Weather the Storm" should keep the interest boiling since it's a diverse EP. "Weather the Storm" gets in most corners of rock music spread out on 5 tracks. There is straight forward rock, blues and an emotional ballad in just 20 minutes playing time.
Brewin' Up a Storm opens the EP in typical
Glyder style - the song is actually a cover song, but adapts perfect to the band since they make it sound like a
Glyder song.
The bouncy
Love Never Dies is driven by a monster guitar riff.
Weather the Storm was demoed for the first
Glyder album but didn't make the album.
Glyder has been performing the song in their headline sets ever since though. The Hammond organ gives it a chilling emotion and the guitar solo just burns through. The epic title track is the highlight of this EP.
Glyder is often compared to fellow countrymen
Thin Lizzy - on
Lay Down there is obvious inspiration from another great Irish musician: Rory Gallagher.
Glyder wears their influences on their sleeve and wears them proud.
A great appetizer till the next studio album. Certainly a band to watch!
Written by
Michael Sunday, October 5, 2008
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