27062014 - Reigning Sound "Love and Curses"

Reigning Sound - what a band! This is their newest album until later this summer, and somehow it escaped me when it was released in 2009. No idea why. It's obviously frickin' great, and from opener "Brake It" (previously released as "Break it One More Time" with Mary Weiss) the combination of rough riffs and catchy melodies confirms that it's all good. At first listen this sounds easily as great as "Too Much Guitar", but of course repeated listens will be needed to confirm this. And repeated listens is obviously on the cards! Now, let's see if "Shattered", out in a couple of weeks, can match this...