

The effort will be made available on digipak CD, a deluxe 2LP set with a gatefold.

On this 10-song release, Cactus make more heavy American rock. '70s classic rock legends CACTUS will release their new album, 'Tightrope', on April 2 via Cleopatra Records. And “Dressed in Black,” in particular, stands outside of time: it could come from any era in the last 35 years. After recording three albums with 3rd Bass The Cactus Album (1989), The Cactus Revisited (1990), and Derelicts of Dialect (1991)Serch launched a solo career with Return of the Product (1992, Def Jam ). JackBoys (stylized in all caps) is a collaborative compilation album by American record label Cactus Jack Records, under the name JackBoys, led by Travis Scott.It was released through the label alongside Epic Records on December 27, 2019. Ten years later with a new bass player (Pete Bremy replaced the retiring Bogert in 2011), Cactus is back with their sixth studio album, Black Dawn. The current five-piece was pretty much born out of the band’s reunion. This seminal rock band (dubbed the American Led Zeppelin) has seen lots of changes. The titles of closing trio (“Dressed In Black,” “Slow Death,” and “Blow the Scum Away) made me think that these dudes would be attired in Horrors-style death drag, but they actually look like a tattooed Feelies, which is a great way to look. Returning with a heavy-hitting album for 2021, Cactus presents Tightrope, featuring new members, longtime members, and one original member iconic drummer Carmine Appice. Sometimes this works to a good effect: “Apaches Throat” boils and boils in a gothic manner that makes its balladry perfect for the soundtrack when they finally do a vampire-themed Pretty in Pink remake (a compliment). “Ramona Cruz” turns down the sustain, and bops in a way that shouts “second single” while bringing in some clanking percussion and amazing guitar effects, but could benefit from a more thought-out chorus.Ī lot of “death-at-the-drapstrip” atmosphere is cooked up, in fact, often obscuring that there tends to be a dearth of actual song. In 1973, one of the participants disbanded the group Cactus keyboard player Duane Hitchings - creates The New Cactus Band. 1 pooloftears Searching For Simplicity Location: Midwest jlm86 said: I am researching Tim Bogarts career and want to explore Cactus. “Cry of Tin” made me smile by starting off exactly like New Order’s “Waiting for the Siren’s Call,” then chugging along menacingly until the guitars roll all the way in at ninety seconds to show us why we’re really here: did I mention guitars? “Chrome Jamb” chugs like a slow “Teenage Riot” then breaks for rests at the chorus over an actual pretty resolution. The riffs and grooves are the stars here: the vocals sometimes sound as if the singer was chosen by drawing straws. Fire Note Says: Texans kicking up goth-tinged tumbleweeds.Īlbum Review: “Oh, good,” I thought at the first riffs of lead track “Metal Flake”, “someone is finally aping Saturation.” This didn’t stick, but it’s a starting point.
