Three Story Buick is from Fargo, ND/Moorhead, MN and is currently composed of the founding members Paul and Dom. They recently released their debut self-titled album Three Story Buick which is a seven-song album. The band mentions it is “a straightforward hard rock album with influences of early heavy metal along with a groove vibe. Vocal style is more attitude than melodic.” Regarding the themes they mention ”Most song subjects deal with what we would refer to as the real evil in the world that we can all relate to. The songs were written to allow the lyrics to be heard.”
They get going with “Hate Contagion” and this song sounded to me somewhere between Van Halen and Motörhead and Ugly Kid Joe. It’s steeped in nostalgia if you happen to grow up in that era like I did. The song moves forward with menace, there’s just enough affection in the vocals and it’s covered in attitude. I was impressed with the drumming on “Outta Control.” The band launches into a Black Sabbath style riff. It’s a nasty song in the best way possible. There are a bunch of killer riffs with this song and the vocals were killer. I loved the guitar solo on this song and the chorus where he sings “the world is spinning out of control.” They had more success with “The Spell” and a couple of things about this song had more of a punk flavor to it especially on the chorus. Something about the vocal delivery made me think of several English punk bands from the ’70s. “Ashes” has a lot of energy and has some of my favorite riffs. This has a classic ’70s feel. There’s a good amount of tension and release. The band slays. “Denial” was a cool song. It’s fast and changes BPM. NOFX and Rancid came to mind with this song. “Hot Rod” has more of an ’80s flavor. It might be the catchiest song on the album. It’s also the longest song coming in at almost seven minutes. The close strong with “ShtBrd” and oh man the drumming on the beginning of the song was incredible. This album is a blast from the past depending upon when you were born. I have been alive long enough to remember this type of sound was a lot more popular. I’m glad Three Story Buick is keeping the flame alive. Take a listen.
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