Shot – Shot

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For their commercial debut New York based exponents of vintage rock ‘n’ roll Shot released this EP digitally Stateside in December 2009, and now in 2010 it’s becoming available further afield. With their strongest sound being heavily reminiscent if Velvet Revolver and other examples of Slash’s post-GN’R riffs, opening brace Don’t Come Round Here and Axegrinder are the EP’s best tracks, although emotive ballad I Won’t Leave You Here runs them close as Hector Marin’s lead guitar is very Slash-influenced throughout. That sound also returns at the end of the disc on In The Streets, but the intervening track, Bodies (In The Trunk), is a short, sharp, punk-rock track which is easily the EP’s weakest link. When they’re writing rock music in the vein of VR, and older influences like Aerosmith, Shot are a strong outfit, already with a glowing live reputation, so glossing over the weaker couple of minutes in the middle, this is a good rock EP that will stand them in good stead for a debut full length album. Not bad after only forming in 2009.

Written by Andy Lye
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