Music Review: Jeff Martin - Seven Deadly Sins album

7/10/2023 8:46:53 AM

Jeff Martin's Seven Deadly Sins (amazon link) was a random click on a recommended YouTube video and, in a moment of fate, it was a good one. Opening with Sehvet Nora (gluttony) Jeff Martin layers in an unplugged barrage in a Zeppelin-like dirge. It's like a ramped up Wonderful One with a banging chorus. Instrumentally, this thing is wild and the music is a mystery best enjoyed over several listens. 

Reading the bio and Martin has been in the industry and the studio for a long time. I think it shows best in Down on Your Knees. The way the drums are mic'd, the layering, and the all the different sounds show that he a great deal of experience, which he puts to use in the best ways. Sorted and Sold really stuck in head for a while and I found myself repeating it around the house. Send Her My Love is solid. A rhythmic 12-string dominates this fun piece reminiscent of Extreme's Hole In My Heart and the lyrics are really catchy. And finally, the mysterious You Move So Slow is an excellent and haunting ending to the album.

This album feels like is a distillation of everything rock, from Zeppelin to Ozzy and a bit beyond. It's like finding a timepiece in the ruined fields of all the artists that have gone before and it's a great walk through those fields.

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