Diamond Lane – Save This City

DIAMOND LANE
SAVE THIS CITY
Released 2008 (Diamond Lane)

Track List:
01. Bite The Bullet
02. I Got Nothing
03. Lonely Road
04. One More Minute

Band:
Brandon Baumann – vocals and bass
Jarret Reis – guitar
Tommy Bombs – drums

Additional Musicians:
Johnny Lima – background vocals

Production:
Produced by Johnny Lima.

Review:
You know how sometimes you just hear a singer’s voice and it’s just “wow”! As soon as Brandon Baumann, from the Californian band Diamond Lane, utters his first note in “Bite The Bullet” this is love at first sound for me. His voice isn’t really anything unique, it’s just damn good. It’s Jani Lane meets Mad Margritt‘s Eddie Smith meets Sebastian Bach.

  Apart from the killer voice the music on the four song EP Save This City is great as well. “I Got Nothing” is very addictive and I could listen to it over and over again. It’s got (you guessed it) impressive sounding vocals – this guy has great range – and the guitar work sounds crunchy, if that’s possible.

  The tempo slows down for “Lonely Road”, and I got worried because generally I just don’t like this kind of thing. But it turns out that it’s not actually a boring ballad after all. It’s got a bit of a rocky edge because of the power-house vocals, hard hitting drums and wailing guitars. Things crank up a notch or two again for “One More Minute” and this packs some punch with melody and some nice guitar soloing.

  Diamond Lane have the perfect recipe for good classic rock and it’s right up my alley. Not too heavy, not too light – it is just right.

  Diamond Lane‘s Myspace page say they have a full length album coming out in the summer and I for one can’t wait to hear more.

  www.diamond-lane.com – www.myspace.com/diamondlane

Reviewed by Tania for Sleaze Roxx, April 2008.

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