Earl Greyhound EP:Earl Greyhound

Title: Earl Greyhound EP

Label: Some

Genre: retro rock

Rating: 5.8 of 7

Every damn review I read about Earl Greyhound, a barely year-old trio out of the big NYC, compares their gritty power-pop 70s sound to T. Rex, Badfinger, Big Star and Queen. I mean those are the bands that really exemplified that sound and ol’ Earl Greyhound would have to be pretty damn good to live up to them. Well during the four songs I did raise my lighter to one of Matt Whyte’s guitar solos and I did unintentionally yell out “Free Bird!” at one point, but they still have a lot to prove. Not Gonna Wait (#3) is my favorite track mostly because of the cowbell and the inevitable falsetto croon, but I am still not sold on the band. Maybe it’s because I am not into the whole retro thing too much, this 70s were cool but there over and we have all moved on. But personal issues aside, not bad, keep an eye out for their full length… shit they could even be the next big thing.

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