21-02-2013, 17:56
online listen
dead ringer for Chris Cornell
not a bad Soundgarden sound either
only one I can say I like right off
not the clip which is the title track
it's borderline though, clip and album
1.5 from me and a converted 2.1 from allmusic
from the album - Albatross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HmW9rVAtVs
released Feb 19th, 2013
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Bio - from allmusic
Big Wreck are a late-'90s neo-prog hard rock outfit comprised of Ian Thornley (vocals, guitar),
Brian Doherty (guitar), Dave Henning (bass), and Forrest Williams (drums). The quartet met in
the early '90s when they were studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Eventually,
the four spent more time jamming together than attending class, and they soon decided to leave
school to form Big Wreck. The group became fixtures around Boston and Cambridge, as they
regularly played local stages. After spending several years rehearsing and playing concerts,
Big Wreck landed a contract with Atlantic Records in 1997. Their debut album, In Loving Memory
Of..., was released in the fall of that year. Their sophomore effort, The Pleasure & the Greed,
arrived in 2001. It would be some 11 years before the group's next album, Albatross, appeared
in 2012.
Album Review - from allmusic
Albatross didn't begin as a Big Wreck project. The band had broken up after the poor commercial
showing of 2001's The Pleasure and the Greed, and lead singer Ian Thornley had gone on to form
his own successful band, simply called Thornley, and life as we know it went on. Thornley is a
fine singer, with a voice that mirrors Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, and he certainly didn't
need Big Wreck to continue on with his career, but he reconnected with Big Wreck guitarist
Brian Doherty after some years, and the two went into the studio to record with Thornley's
current band. Albatross is the result, and the album was released under the Big Wreck moniker,
even though it was essentially Thornley (the band) with the addition of Doherty as a third
guitarist. That's the story, and the album itself? It certainly sounds like Big Wreck, although
it may be a little bit more refined and polished, but tracks like the opening "Head Together,"
"Rest of the World," and the title track "Albatross" (easily the best and most striking cut on
the album, and its first single) clearly fit the billing, sounding like a slightly diluted
version of Soundgarden -- which isn't necessarily a bad thing, at least commercially, since
there's still a huge fan base out there eager for more grunge-type bands and material. There's
a little stretching out here, too, like the set-closer "Time," which is a pretty ballad with
pretty harmonies, and Albatross is a good album for what it is, a new project from a band that
seems frozen in the mid-'90s, but then Nickelback has done OK with the same approach, and this
version of Big Wreck is a half step better than that.
Track Listing
1. Head Together
2. A Million Days
3. Wolves
4. Albatross
5. Your Glass Room
6. All Is Fair
7. Control
8. Rest Of The World
9. You Caught My Eye
10. Do What You Will
11. Time
dead ringer for Chris Cornell
not a bad Soundgarden sound either
only one I can say I like right off
not the clip which is the title track
it's borderline though, clip and album
1.5 from me and a converted 2.1 from allmusic
from the album - Albatross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HmW9rVAtVs
released Feb 19th, 2013
Bio - from allmusic
Big Wreck are a late-'90s neo-prog hard rock outfit comprised of Ian Thornley (vocals, guitar),
Brian Doherty (guitar), Dave Henning (bass), and Forrest Williams (drums). The quartet met in
the early '90s when they were studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Eventually,
the four spent more time jamming together than attending class, and they soon decided to leave
school to form Big Wreck. The group became fixtures around Boston and Cambridge, as they
regularly played local stages. After spending several years rehearsing and playing concerts,
Big Wreck landed a contract with Atlantic Records in 1997. Their debut album, In Loving Memory
Of..., was released in the fall of that year. Their sophomore effort, The Pleasure & the Greed,
arrived in 2001. It would be some 11 years before the group's next album, Albatross, appeared
in 2012.
Album Review - from allmusic
Albatross didn't begin as a Big Wreck project. The band had broken up after the poor commercial
showing of 2001's The Pleasure and the Greed, and lead singer Ian Thornley had gone on to form
his own successful band, simply called Thornley, and life as we know it went on. Thornley is a
fine singer, with a voice that mirrors Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, and he certainly didn't
need Big Wreck to continue on with his career, but he reconnected with Big Wreck guitarist
Brian Doherty after some years, and the two went into the studio to record with Thornley's
current band. Albatross is the result, and the album was released under the Big Wreck moniker,
even though it was essentially Thornley (the band) with the addition of Doherty as a third
guitarist. That's the story, and the album itself? It certainly sounds like Big Wreck, although
it may be a little bit more refined and polished, but tracks like the opening "Head Together,"
"Rest of the World," and the title track "Albatross" (easily the best and most striking cut on
the album, and its first single) clearly fit the billing, sounding like a slightly diluted
version of Soundgarden -- which isn't necessarily a bad thing, at least commercially, since
there's still a huge fan base out there eager for more grunge-type bands and material. There's
a little stretching out here, too, like the set-closer "Time," which is a pretty ballad with
pretty harmonies, and Albatross is a good album for what it is, a new project from a band that
seems frozen in the mid-'90s, but then Nickelback has done OK with the same approach, and this
version of Big Wreck is a half step better than that.
Track Listing
1. Head Together
2. A Million Days
3. Wolves
4. Albatross
5. Your Glass Room
6. All Is Fair
7. Control
8. Rest Of The World
9. You Caught My Eye
10. Do What You Will
11. Time
