Feed The Greed 2007 (alternate end demo) 4. Now the Murlocs come across like a real band looking to make something meaningful, both to them and to the listener, and in that regard, the album is a total success. Demons Are Back (7 song album) by Mortiis, released 30 November 2019 1. Bittersweet Demons feels like the group's first album that isn't just a lark made during downtime stolen from other bands. The blend of thoughtful ballads, melancholy midtempo janglers, and nimble uptempo tracks is something different for the band, but they definitely prove up to the challenge. "Francesca" bursts out of the gate like a horse with no rider, "Illuminate the Shade" melds washes of organ with biting guitars and a yelped Kenny-Smith vocal, and "Blue Eyed Runner" struts like mid-period Stones, only without any manly swagger. Paired with these quieter moments - and songs like the swaying "Skyrocket" that dial the speed down a notch but not quite to ballad level - the rockers that make up the rest of the album really pop. Official video: Demons Are a Girls Best Friend. Kenny-Smith sounds at home singing these kinds of introspective ballads and the band has the light touch required to put them over with some gentle emotional punch. There are no reviews for Demons Are a Girls Best Friend yet. The title track has a gentle lilt and tender sentiments that revolve around the death of a close friend, "Eating at You" has a shaggy, Band-like feel as the keys, slide guitar, and harmonica deliver a down under take on Americana, and "Skewhiff" rolls along with a wobbly, Dylan-esque feel. For the first time, Kenny-Smith and the band wrote most of the songs on piano and there is a stately singer/songwriter feel to much of it. They produced two singles in the early 70s. Dave Hill and Mal Spooner were in a glam rock band Iron Cross before forming Demon.
Their later material varies, often even from album to album. This album is more introspective and restrained, with many songs that amble along at a leisurely country-rock pace. Demon started out as an occult-themed NWOBHM band, but changed style to progressive/hard rock after their first two albums. Until this record, the band - fronted by King Gizzard's Ambrose Kenny-Smith and made up of members of ORB, Crepes, and Beans - were content to bash out rambling garage rock tunes punctuated by Smith's harmonica and loads of youthful enthusiasm. Thanks to the double-gut punch of tragedy and reality, they grew up a little, and the result of this maturity can be heard on 2021's Bittersweet Demons. Something interesting happened to Australian band the Murlocs as they neared the end of their first decade together.
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