I got this CD to review from some great guys at Double Decker Record Store in Allentown, PA. It is honestly one of the best punk record stores in the world. Okay my pathetic shout out is over. Anyway, the guys at Double Decker have also started up a label called Doppelganger Records and have released albums from Carpenter Ant, Oktober Skyline, and The Ultimate Warriors. One of their newest releases comes from a new Lehigh Valley rock band called Pearls and Brass. This band is not something you would normally hear within the boundaries of punk rock or anywhere near it but maybe that's what makes this band work.
Pearls and Brass is a throw back of rock from the 1970's. If you mixed Kansas (minus the keyboard) and Black Sabbath you would have the sound of Pearls and Brass. It's a darker sound of rock but still enlightening. You don't need to worry about long annoying guitar solos or any type of hippie stoner rock. Pearls and Brass just bring back the rock the way it was meant to be played and ride it out to the very end. This is a must have for any rock purist out there.
3.5/4
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