Birds Of Maya - Volume One

IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT VOLUME ONE IS POSSIBLY THE BEST ROCK RELEASE TO COME OUT OF PHILADELPHIA EVER. WHILE LOW ON RECORDING BUDGET, ATTITUDE, AND PRETENSION, BIRDS OF MAYA IS HIGH ON STOLEN RIFFS AND AN ENERGETIC EXECUTION SELDOM SEEN OUTSIDE OF A SUNDAY RULING BY SEAMUS MCCAFFERY. WHETHER THEY ARE MANGLING RIFFS OR STEPPING WAY OUT FOR FRIED BOOGIE SOLOS, BIRDS OF MAYA OOZES A DARK, CHUNKY SLUDGE WITH ELEMENTS FROM ALL THE COLORS OF THE CLASSIC ROCK RAINBOW. DO THEY REALLY SOUND LIKE A GG ALLIN DEMO PLAYED THROUGH A MEGAPHONE?ITS A FAIR DESCRIPTION AND ITS CERTAINLY COLORFUL, BUT IT LEAVES OUT AN AWFUL LOT. THEY ARE LOUD AND THEY ARE CHAOTIC, BUT THEY HAVE WAY MORE GROOVE THAN GG COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. DEBUT LP FROM PHILLY POWER-TRIO, LO-FI ROCK RECALLING 60S/70S CLASSICS LIKE CREAM, BLUE CHEER, HENDRIX, BLACK SABBATH, THE STOOGES, ETC.

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