The young US rockers in Mach22
releases their debut album 'Sweet Talk
Intervention' the 6th of May and this
candy box is smacked with funky and
fresh rock 'n' roll. Heavy sleaze hard
rock in Buckcherry style opens up the
album. 'Constant Denier' is a groovy
rock tune with strong guitar riffs. The
AC/DC steaming song 'Go Ahead' is one of
the strongest tracks on the album with
delicious straight forward and
easy-goin' hard rocking rhythms. 'Don't
You Give Me' is more in the funky rock
genre with spicy taste of Faith No
More and Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Great
vocals from Lamont makes this song into
one of my favourites on the album.
'I'm Just a Man' is also a groovy,
cheeky and quite rough song, but it
doesn't quite get stuck in my mind. The
only ballad is the lovely 'Stone Rose',
which is a welcome break in the alarming
and noisy rock sound. A nice little gem
actually. Mach22 doesn't deliver any
advanced high technical rock with tricky
guitar solos or any big tempo changes in
the songs. A pretty basic and dusty hard
rock, as in the up tempo song
'Backslider'. Big chunks of Velvet
Revolver and Lenny Kravitz mixed up with
a modern hard rock sound is how I would
describe their sound.
The funky rock track 'Made to Love' is
another track in the Faith No More
folder, but this song can't keep my
interest all the way to the end. The
three ending songs are not killer
tracks, but I have to mention the last
track 'Nevermind', which is one of the strongest
songs on this promising album. They deliver
something new and interesting and the whole album
screams rock 'n' roll. Did I mention that they won
Guitar Center’s "Onstage with Slash" contest and won
the prize of $30 000 after being handpicked by Slash
himself?
A interesting young rock band that we
surely will hear more from in the
future...
MACH 22 Line up:
Lamont Caldwell – Vocals
Sebastian LaBar – Lead Guitar/Vocals
Ted Merrill – Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Jaron Gulino – Bass/Vocals
Damian MonteCarlo – Drums
