Discworld With The Man of Metal…
Skeleton Crew – Theatre of War (Album)
Skeleton Crew are a “hard rock quintet from Nottingham who effortlessly fuse hard-hitting riffs with memorable melodies and rich harmonies, and deliver it all with a complete absence of grace and decorum.”
Theatre of War is the bands second album and having attended the lavish launch night at Ye Olde Salutation Inn Nottingham complete with live performance by the band as well as a rock karaoke and table cloths (bizarre) I finally got down to listening to the CD after all the bones had settled into dust.
The Clam an over long intro leads us into the title track, Theatre of War and in my view the best song on the album. Packed with catchy lyrics, riffs and drum beats this track sets up the whole disc leaving the listener craving more. Four Letter word is a pomp rock song with plenty of backing vocal harmonies guaranteed to get ya foot tapping. Retribution slows thing down a bit and although a well crafted song it represents the start of a bit of a lull on the album. Kiss Kiss picks things up a bit giving lead vocalist Lyndon Parry plenty to do while Moon on the River continues the slower pace of the middle part of the album however it has some beautiful guitar brakes in it. Thank the great skeleton gods for Oppressor this song picks things up again it’s a metal anthem with NWOBHM overtones that make it my second favourite track of the CD. Obsessive Ex is a counterpoint to the previous track, funky guitar and soul like backing vocals just highlights how diverse Theatre of War is. Into the Light and Twenty 7 are both good songs the first is a bit of an album filler while the latter has overtones of Joe Jackson’s Is She Really Going Out With Him. The ultimate track of the album is Say Goodbye a worthy send off to a mixed bag of a CD, Lyndon Parry (Vocals), Graham Byron (Guitar), Steve Evans (Bass), Drew Traylor (Drums), Rob Holsman (Guitar/Keyboards) have managed to release an album that will appeal to many rock fans, one thing for sure it’s not a predictable listen… Bring it on! GD.
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