DOWNLOAD: Sweet Apple
By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 18, 2010 6:20PM
We love Cobra Verde. We love Dinosaur Jr and pretty much everything J. Mascis' guitar touches. So when we heard about Sweet Apple -- combining singer / guitarist John Petkovic and guitarist Tim Parnin from Cobra Verde with Mascis and Dave Sweetapple, his bassist from Witch -- we had huge expectations.
So what's the result? basically Sweet Apple take Cobra Verde's glam-rawk assault and spices it up with Mascis distinctive guitar lines hellbent on singing everything it their path. The debut, Love & Desperation, is filled with pscyh-pop anthems awash in feedback but intent on moving the melodies forward. The interplay between the singular voices in the band merges seamlessly through most of the album to create a winning synthesis taking various strengths -- Petkovic's commanding bellows, the multiple guitars working in squalling noise amongst the hooks and Sweetapple's basslines nailing the whole affair to the floor.
You'll have to wait until April 20 to hear all of Sweet Apple's debut, but here's the opening track to whet your appetite until then.