SweetKiss Momma – Revival Rock

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Fans who miss the fuzzy 1970s output of Foghat combined with the equally retro southern touch of prime Lynyrd Skynyrd will lap up the aptly named Revival Rock, SweetKiss Momma’s debut full length commerical release. Some funky elements of Lenny Kravitz‘s all-too-scarce rock side and some of Molly Hatchet‘s grunt permeate a clear desire to modernise The Allman Brothers without quite so much self-indulgence. The mood of Revival Rock is all in the title. It’s rock music, but it’s laid back, measured, and with a tangible air of hazy 1970s Summer afternoons. There’s plenty of The Black Crowes in the raw rock ‘n’ roll of Mercy Love and Rocket Ride, and mellow ballad Strange Fire, plenty of southern groove, and most importantly of all, plenty of honest-to-God good songs. Although there are comparable elements of many older bands in these tracks, SweetKiss Momma’s sound is their own take on the feel of those bands, not simply a copying of their sound. Fans of all of these bands, and more in a similar vein besides, will find a lot to like in Revival Rock, an album seemingly created with that one purpose in mind.

Written by Andy Lye
More: 2010, Albums, Quick.Play Reviews, Rock, Southern, Unsigned, SweetKiss Momma