The Stoneage Hearts "Guilty As Sin" 2004

This Australian trio features vocalist / guitarist Dom Mariani (Stems, DM3), who replaced Danny McDonald and wrote five of the songs; bassist Ian Wettenhall, who also contributed songwriting and lead vocals; and Mickster on drums. They're hardly the only garage revival band around, but they're definitely one of the better ones. Guilty as Sin's first half-dozen tracks hold up particularly well, displaying a relatively strong sense of melody and musicianship while avoiding the common garage rock pitfall of similar-sounding songs blending together to form an indistinct blur. "Green with Envy" is an especially memorable track with its catchy chorus, cut-short rhythms, and Mariani's fine guitar playing, and the band makes good use of its freakbeat-garage-psychedelic influences on other songs as well. The band knows how to kick out the fuzz-fueled jams. (Allmusic)
This Australian trio kicks out the fuzz-guitar garage jams with real power. In addition to the general it's-great-to-be-rockin' vibe, there are shades of the freedom wrought by '60s stalwarts like The Leaves, Standells, and Stones, and neo-garage acts like The Lyres, Chesterfield Kings, and Stems (the latter not coincidentally lead singer Dom Mariani's previous band). There's a helping of power-pop here too, with the band sounding like the Plimsouls on "Your Greed," and the Bo Diddley styled "I'm For You" a worthy exposition of one of rock's primal rhythm. The Creation's "Biff Bang Pow" provides the album's sole cover, and shows off another of the band's influences. Alive's U.S. reissue of the original Aussie release replaces the track "Someone Else's Bubblegum" with "I'm For You." The Stoneage Hearts don't try to remodel the garage, but for those who simply love the focused buzz of pre-psychedelic rock, this is a great ticket. [©2005 hyperbolium dot com]
trax:
01 Eye Of A Lie 02 Your Smile 03 Green With Envy 04 Fussy Garbos 05 Trouble Girl 06 Rock 'n' Roll Boys Rock 'n' Roll Girls 07 Your Smile 08 I'm For You 09 Get Down 10 Sick Of You 11 Biff Bang Pow
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