Slow Roosevelt - Weightless

Living in Texas, I am kind of biased to some of the local bands. The music scene of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area has been of particular interest to me. Hearing that a band is from the area always draws my interest; not only because the area is responsible for producing my favorite band (the Toadies), but also a slew of other great bands such as Baboon, Pinkston, The Polyphonic Spree, Centro-matic, and on and on. I had heard the name Slow Roosevelt, but the most I had heard of their music was a little track on Sandy Does Dallas, a rather cute little album of Dallas bands doing the soundtrack to Grease. Not sure what to expect, I was kind of let down to discover a rather dull rock record. There is nothing particularly horrible about the band or the album really. It is just that it falls into the already over crowded area of rock replete with screaming lead vocals and chugging guitars devoid of any real melody or sound. Sure, there are a few headbangers in the crowd that will find some tracks to their liking, but for the most part the album lacks any original sound and just doesn’t bring much to separate it from it peers. Weightless is not horrible, but it plays more like background music than anything that is going to make your ears take notice. Let’s face it kids, this is just bland hard rock. [www.slowroosevelt.com]