Crash And Burn Review/Article
from today's Boston Phoenix...
METAL
Crash and Burn flipped lids with their homonymous, Don Fury-produced debut, a jolting disc that applied the speed and energy of the band's hardcore
roots to lean, mean hard-rock licks. They got thrown off the scent on their sophomore album, which took a turn for sludge metal. But as frontman Bill
Brown promised of their new The Value of Mistrust (Thorp), "this record makes our first record sound like our second record." There's a huge jump in
production value thanks to a session with Dropkick Murphys producer Jim Siegel. And the songs get back to the GNR-meets-Black-Flag energy that's made
them one of the most exciting live bands in town. Value is faster and louder and catchier, too: for every wasted, killed-by-deathpunk rant like
"Insomnia" and "All for Nothing," there's an anthem like "Savior" (with guest vox from the Unseen's Mark Unseen) or "Steel Cold Grey" that shows off
their knack for Jawbreaker-esque hooks. Phil Valente's wah-crazed guitar-solo intro to "Across Your Throat" is so Slash-worthy, it gets its own track
listing, and elsewhere, he peels off leads so lacerating, they'd give Zeke headaches. The first of the band's two release parties (the other's next
month) is a 6 p.m., all-ages show with the Ducky Boys, Shanghai Valentine, the Hound, and Ringers at the Cambridge Elks Lodge, 55 Bishop Allen Drive
in Central Square; call (617) 354-0404
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