Mos Generator - Shadowlands (album review)

      

Mos Generator
Shadowlands
Listenable Records
18 May 2018

When you want to hear some fresh new music, look no further than Mos Generator. Their new disk, Shadowlands (Listenable Records) drops May 18. I let out a huge sigh of relief in the first track. Mos Generator's Shadowlands is a solid hard rock album. Bassist Sean Booth and drummer Jono Garrett lay down some wicked work that reminds me of the Brooklyn Bridge, it's a classic, baby! Tony Reed takes on guitarist/vocalist/principal songwriter duties and it's mana to my ears. Sure, it's their seventh, eighth album; but, there is such a purity to the music, that you come back for more. Shadowlands is going to be a go to album for years to come.

'Stolen Ages' the fourth track on the album has this wondrous earthy feel to it. The guitars are so grounded. Sometimes the lyrics can be a bit maudlin, but it's counterbalanced by the buoyancy of the music. Mos Generator's Shadowlands is mix of funky bluesy psychedelic rock. 'Gamma/Hydra' has this beat, this ambiance, this chill factor that is wicked as hell.

There is so much in Shadowlands to like. It's the perfect summer and beyond album.