Since the explosion of Nickelback in popular music, Canada has been hard at work making up for the audio blunder we released on the world. Quest for Fire are a perfect example of this hard work. Hailing from the home to other notable artists such as Sons of Otis and Blood Ceremony, Toronto would seem to be a varitable hotbed for true rock and roll music. By that, I of course mean that fuzzed out sound of the early 70's.
Quest for Fire saw their first release this summer after being picked up by Tee Pee Records. Anyone reading this that knows of Tee Pee Records knows that if a band is on that label, they should be prepared to hear some fuzz drenched rock and roll, and Quest for Fire certainly will not disappoint. The album kicks off in full gear with "Bison Eyes" blowing out of your speakers in a haze creating a furious spaced out wall of sound that will numb your senses.
The albums second track "Strange Waves" brings the tempo down to a more folk rock approach while keeping the fuzzed out heavy crunching wall of sound, complete with with harmonica which will leave you feeling peaceful. The feel somewhat continues with "The Hawk That Hunts The Walking" with a more spaced out vibe than the previous two tracks.
"Ive Been Trying To Leave" kicks it up a notch to a more solid rock based song as heard on "Bison Eyes" before slowing down to a crawl for the albums slowest, yet most moving track `You Are Always Loved`. The albums final track `Next To the Fire` is the perfect example of the bands overall sound, taking every element heard on the album and rolling it into a neat little package. Mellow guitar leads covered in droning waves of sound from the guitar and bass topped with crashing drums making for one of the best examples of a wall of sound I have ever heard.
If you took Dead Meadow, Earthless, Black Mountain and Earth (the Pentastar album in particular) and mixed them up in the proverbial cauldren, Quest For Fire would indeed be the result. Heavy spaced out jams bordering between shoegaze and heavy rock reminiscent of songs of old while sounding absolutely fresh. Spaced out heavy psychedelia that any fan of desert rock to psychedelic, drone to doom metal, blues rock to space rock can enjoy.
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