Review: Cain Rising CD
As opening songs go, The Rain has nailed it – like one of those pesky showers that comes out of nowhere and envelops you in next to no time, so to does this track.
Except that it's not pesky. Opening chords bring to mind the Counting Crows hits Mr Jones, but a split second later and with a guitar warble, the track shows itself as a catchy mutha-wuffa with a cracking chorus in its own right.
There's a great easy rock vibe to this, and some warm, rolling vocals at work.
The man with the voice is Jim Price, who gig-frequenters will know as the man stage front with Southside Jimmy.
Cain Rising is a new outlet to push out all original material.
Almost as catchy, but in a rock n roll fit is Jenny Jenny ('Take me home...I'm only skin and bone...' he sings), as we get pulled deeper into their accessible grooves.
The pace drops a little with Restless, a more contemplative work which rings true with the more country rock moments that they do so well.
If Jimmy was singing about New Jersey and not the banks of the Clyde, Days of Wine and Roses could be a contemplative delivery plucks straight from Springsteen's music box, plumped by a little Bon Jovi at their most accessible.
They call it 'Americana – with a bit of the Celt...and a touch of Anglo Saxon.' We don't go much for Americana, or at least we didn't. But this self titled affair is an accomplished treat.
'Let me play inside your head,' is a line taken from Save Me, and this album will play inside your head too.
Once heard, you'll be humming for weeks. And counting.
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