Fresh from a stint with Guns N’ Roses in June we celebrate the release of the new album by The Dust Coda, who bring their loco love train to a town near you very soon. So, pass the bourbon and – hiccup- lets er, get started.
Some of our lifestyle choices pave the ‘Road To Hell’ we begin with a classy nod and a wink to The Black Crowes debut album ‘Shake Your Money Maker’ showing us how we learn from the legacy of other musicians, we accept their experiences and use them to forge our own path in the murky waters of the music industry.
It’s a good old down ‘n dirty boogie session my friends, low slung and highly strung, with a twang that rewires your circuity, teetering on the edge of today as we are not promised a tomorrow.
Singer John Drake whose vocal cords have been lovingly rubbed down with a Brillo pad, guitarist Adam Mackie, Scott Miller on drums and Tony Ho on bass are the four Musketeers in this scenario, swords unsheathed they are ready to plunder and pillage at will.
‘Love Sick’ has that catchy riff at 2.04 tingling on the tastebuds, that has you jumping around like a demented Zebedee, irresistible and deserving of some foot stomping. Out of the ashes of lockdown these guys are one of a host of artists who used their joys, their woes and their struggles to pinpoint their trajectory, culminating in this record.
The day our collective hearts and heads exploded is captured in ‘Come The Night’ we know that death is inevitable, but when it happens, it shatters all our opinions and attitudes. Taylor Hawkins was one such artist, loved by millions across the world, revered by his peers and his bandmates. The world was not ready for this loss, we are left with his work and tributes like this one, crafted beautifully and respectfully. We cross over into a little Country and Western vibe too, for ‘The Streets’ and we see how over the years different styles have fused and overlapped, that’s what makes it all so interesting.
‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Paradise’ gives us those much loved chunky guitars and bass, taking us back to the 60’s and 70’s, those gloriously hippy, heady days, contrasting with the cigarette lighter moment that is ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’ where we listen intently and weep gently into our beers.
The Dust Coda have incorporated the important elements of life, they give us love, hope, faith and trust, all embellished with a generous sprinkling of pixie dust.
Azra Pathan
The Dust Coda – Loco Paradise out now