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Guardian - Bottle Rocket

	RELEASED: 1997 PRODUCER: LABEL:Myrrh Records BAND: David Bach Tony Palacios Jamie Rowe Karl Ney
+ Theres a few small moments of melody - Production, Sound, Songs	TRACKS: 1.Are We Feeling Comfortable Yet? 2.Bottle Rocket 3.Coffee Can 4.Revelation 5.What Does It Take? 6.Babble On 7.Blue Light Special 8.Break Me Down 9. The Water Is Fine 10.Never Say Goodbye

 

OVERVIEW

With all the changes through the 90’s music scene, most hard rock bands decided to go for a forced change. Guardian was no different, and released the grungier Bottle Rocket.

SONGS

Are We Feeling Comfortable Yet? Shows the immediate departure of the old sound. But is the new sound as good? Hell no. There are parts of this song that show promise, but overall it’s a blabbering mess of alternative sound. Experimental distortions and a funky guitar grooves usher in the title track, which is even worse than the first. The opening riff to Coffee Can shows promise, however turns about to be another disappointment. Revelation sounds as far away from the original Guardian as possible, that said, it’s better than the previous tracks, but pales in comparison to the WORST tracks from their earlier releases. Is this Oasis? Next is What Does It Take is actually a decent slow rocker, sounds like Soul Asylum though, not Guardian. Babble On is much the same. Going from a forced soft-voice to a forced growl on Blue Light Special show how little direction Guardian had at this stage. Break Me Down is similar, while The Water’s Fine gets back to the alternative/pop mix. More Oasis-like acoustic rock on My Queen Esther, which is actually decent. The next to are boring and misguided rock songs. Harder Than It Seems is a fair stab at an introspective shuffle. Salvation bundles all the previous songs and spits it out in some kind of punk/grunge rock song.

CONCLUSION

What a shame. Rock fans won’t want anything to do with this, and old fans will be devastated to hear it. Nothing seems to be left of the original sound that made Guardian so fresh and rocking. The awesome vocals are gone, so are all the hooks and licks. Not to mention the horrible and messy production. Guardian has a couple of the best sleaze rock albums out there, and with this they also have one of the worst alternative albums. Fans of this site will not want this drivel. Great band. Terrible album.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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