"Much of Asteroid‘s aptly-titled third album, III, is
unassuming. It arrives via Fuzzorama Records with a photo of the band’s gear —
artfully shot, but a gear photo — on the front cover, and at seven tracks/36
minutes, it’s quick, almost humble listen. That’s precisely the point. It’s
been six years since the Örebro, Sweden, three-piece released II , and while
they would’ve been well within their rights to turn III into some grandiose,
probably hyper-produced excursion given the occasion, it also would’ve been
completely out of character. Asteroid went a much more fitting way, and III
benefits from that choice.
Natural vibe, on every level. That’s what the gear shot
represents.
It’s not about some over-the-top presentation, but about the work
that guitarist/vocalist Robin Hirse, bassist/vocalist Johannes Nilsson and
drummer Elvis Campbell (since replaced by Jimmi Kolscheen) do in that rehearsal
or studio space. It’s their chemistry that shines through, in combination with
the unremittingly memorable songcraft of cuts like “Last Days” , “Wolf and
Snake,” “Silver and Gold,” “Them Calling,” and so on. And yes, III does build
on the accomplishments of II in the direction it takes, since that record —
thought to be their swansong, notwithstanding the 2013 7″ single Move a
Mountain/One Foot in the Grave, until their reunion was announced here late in
2015 — shifted from the more straight-ahead fuzz rock of their 2007 self-titled
debut toward a more open, bluesier,
jammier style." Read full review here : http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2016/10/21/asteroid-iii-review/
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