ALBUM REVIEW: QUEEN WOLF - "COMEDY GOLD"

ALBUM REVIEW: 

QUEEN WOLF 

"COMEDY GOLD"

By Chris La Vigna (@Chris_LaVigna)



Times are tough, people. You know it, I know it, Zorak know it, Moltar know it, Brak know it, everybody know it. But lo, even in the thick of these deeply disturbing days, there are some sonic spots of hope, like the new album from Baltimore's finest garage punk rockers QUEEN WOLF, titled simply: COMEDY GOLD.

This album has two primary speeds: fast, loose, and wild, as displayed on songs like "The Heat," and "Eating Flies," or slow, chunky, and extra blues-y, a vibe perfectly descriptive of tracks like "Moon Tooth" and "Bones Turn To Rust." This four piece knows just how to conjure up the kind of distorted fuzz rock that'll bring you back to the days when you first started going to underground shows and were completely floored by the raw energy assaulting your ears.

Other highlights on the record include "Cholera Town," which is a tough and brooding piece that is begging to be used as the main theme for some kind of neo-spaghetti western, and I can only hope some intrepid indie filmmaker out there does the right thing and gives it a home. "Tinkerbell," my personal favorite track, has an infectious groove provided some hoppy drum work and sweet blues guitar riffage, topped perfectly by singer/guitarist Mike Walls' vocals, which oscillate between melodic and purely manic.

Photographic evidence that Queen Wolf is Satan's favorite band to brunch with.


Another great track on this album is "SWIM," which features some extra awesome solos from lead guitarist Christie Macdonald. The song moves fluidly between fast verses and heavy breakdowns, and it'll give the head banging muscles in your neck a real workout. After nine choice tracks, the album finishes out with a heavy, almost dirge-like flourish on the titular song "Comedy Gold." With a total runtime of about thirty-five minutes and no "skip tracks" to be found, this album blazes by, and you'll be hitting play from the top over and over again.

COMEDY GOLD drops on Friday, May 1st. You can go the Queen Wolf's bandcamp page and buy the digital download for $7, or, if you're a physical media nerd like me, you can drop $17 and order the LP. Either way, give these tunes a listen, they'll give you the rock 'n' roll pick-me-up that you know you need right now.



QUEEN WOLF 


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