Favourite Sons - Down Beside Your Beauty

Some bands are like shapeshifters. The first time we hear them we think we've got them pegged. Down the pike when we (really) listen to them we discover they may be our salvation. Favourite Sons are like that. A mixed marriage band composed of singer/songwriter Ken Griffin, formerly of Skinny Puppy, wedded to the psych-rock of ex-Aspera members: guitarist Carmine Degerraro, drummer AJ Edmiston, bassist Matthew Worth and guitarist Justin Tripp. That their "Down By Your Beauty" was mixed by Victor Vogt (The Fall, The Pogues, PJ Harvey) only adds to its lasting afterglow. Put that next to Griffin's propensity for writing songs inspired by Lou Reed, David Bowie and Nina Simone and your life could be "saved by rock 'n' roll" again. I wasn't even listening to the radio but to "No One Ever Dies Young," "Tear The Room Apart," "When You're Away From Me" and the rest of these musical short stories. I've heard these songs before I just don't know where I heard them before or which before I heard them in. Check these Sons out at www.warnermusicgroup.com and you'll be directed to amazon.com where you can download their songs and watch parts of a January 2007 concert at NYC's Mercury Lounge. After that, "out with the screaming horses (you'll) run" too. [www.warnermusicgroup.com]