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11/13/08, 09:17 PM
One Day as a Lion - One Day as a Lion EP
Record Label: Anti
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Who?
Rage Against The Machine’s truth spitting frontman Zach de la Rocha and former Mars Volta drummer John Theodore setting out to prove that they both still exist.
How is it?
It’s pretty much Battle of Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the bizarre melodies underlying the poetry can’t live up to Tom Morello’s awesome standard from that album, but if you’ve heard The Nightwatchman, then you’re aware that Tom Morello isn’t really living up to his own standard either. With only two members, Lion’s sound occasionally gets a little thin sometimes wanting for a bassist or some kind of harmony, but Zach sounds as flowingly awesome as he ever has, and the drum grooves are pretty great too.
For the most part, if you’re a fan of Rage Against The Machine at all then this should be right up your alley. There’s almost nothing different about it. But then again one of the best songs, “Last Letter”, opens with Theodore’s take on the John Bonham strut, keyboards that could have fit on the Blood Brothers’ Young Machetes, and Zach de la Rocha actually almost-singing, so maybe there is some progression that has taken place here. That’s if you look for it though, and there’s no need to overanalyze a formula that works so well.
In addition to the sound, the message that “If you fear dying, then you’re already dead” might be some of the best de la Rocha themes ever. While he was off doing God-knows-what, the man was not losing his craft. This eponymous EP finds him as sharp as he ever was, telling it like it is.
Recommended if You Like
Rage Against The Machine’s Battle of Los Angeles
Check It:
www.myspace.com/onedayasalion (http://www.myspace.com/onedayasalion)
Record Label: Anti
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Who?
Rage Against The Machine’s truth spitting frontman Zach de la Rocha and former Mars Volta drummer John Theodore setting out to prove that they both still exist.
How is it?
It’s pretty much Battle of Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the bizarre melodies underlying the poetry can’t live up to Tom Morello’s awesome standard from that album, but if you’ve heard The Nightwatchman, then you’re aware that Tom Morello isn’t really living up to his own standard either. With only two members, Lion’s sound occasionally gets a little thin sometimes wanting for a bassist or some kind of harmony, but Zach sounds as flowingly awesome as he ever has, and the drum grooves are pretty great too.
For the most part, if you’re a fan of Rage Against The Machine at all then this should be right up your alley. There’s almost nothing different about it. But then again one of the best songs, “Last Letter”, opens with Theodore’s take on the John Bonham strut, keyboards that could have fit on the Blood Brothers’ Young Machetes, and Zach de la Rocha actually almost-singing, so maybe there is some progression that has taken place here. That’s if you look for it though, and there’s no need to overanalyze a formula that works so well.
In addition to the sound, the message that “If you fear dying, then you’re already dead” might be some of the best de la Rocha themes ever. While he was off doing God-knows-what, the man was not losing his craft. This eponymous EP finds him as sharp as he ever was, telling it like it is.
Recommended if You Like
Rage Against The Machine’s Battle of Los Angeles
Check It:
www.myspace.com/onedayasalion (http://www.myspace.com/onedayasalion)