{"id":7530,"date":"2021-09-09T08:23:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T06:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=7530"},"modified":"2021-09-08T20:05:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T18:05:22","slug":"new-album-sweet-crisis-tricks-on-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/09\/new-album-sweet-crisis-tricks-on-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Sweet Crisis || Tricks On My Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

To be honest, after listening to Sweet Crisis<\/a>‘ full-length debut album Tricks On My Mind<\/em> when it came out on a packed release day last month, I put it aside. It simply didn’t click with me enough to pay more attention to it, to add it to my want list, to write about it. For some reason the record blasted out of my speakers again this week, and now it did hit me. Strange how that works, but I think the band understands it, because their lyrics for standout track Ain’t Got Soul<\/em> (video below) is consistent with this: “Rollin’ around, looking for the next big thing \/\/ Taking my time , to listen to everything \/\/ Then comes a new face, searching for a quick glimpse of fame \/\/ The radios drowned, playing the same old thing, over and over and over again.” I now realize that these new faces – Leo Robarts (vocals), Piers Mortimer (guitar), Matt Dudurym (bass), Dom Briggs-Fish (keyboards), and Joe Taylor (drums) – may soon no longer be able to go out on the street without sunglasses and a cap.<\/p>\n

Sweet Crisis are a soulful blues rock band from the UK, with an “American” sound that is most reminiscent of the later own work of The Black Keys (also: a mix of Free, Donny Hathaway, and Led Zeppelin). They themselves cite classic rock and soul music of the 70’s as their main influences (they previously did a creditable cover version of Oh Well<\/em><\/a>, in tribute to the late guitar legend Peter Green from Fleetwood Mac), but although they stay true to that quality, their energetic, powerful songs fit very well in 2021. Give it a listen, and if it doesn’t catch on right away, try again later.<\/p>\n