| CD REVIEW Tryangle |
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Band : Tryangle This Portuguese band’s debut album must have arrived at Concrete Web’s office as far back as early June…maybe even late May, but due to several delays (our editor-in-chief’s occupations during the busy festival season and the ensuing burn-out, my own holidays coiciding) I only got it onto my desk half August, along with a host of other albums which had even older release dates! Anyhoo, Tryangle…this trio (singer/guitarist Gonçalo da Silva Nova, bassist Nuno Maio, and drummer Ricardo Castro) is based in the townlet of Póvoa de Varzim, some 55 kms North (along the shoreline) from Porto, and they’ve been busy with this band for some 6 years now, going through the usual tribulations of changing line-ups, recording the occasional demo, until they felt ready to record a full-length (recorded at SoundVision studios with the aid of engineer Pablo Lopes, but self-produced, in two sessions during the months of October and December of last year), which is what we’re getting on our plate right now! In all honesty, I was slightly surprised to find this on Lockjaw, but then again the label hàs released more Rock based albums (outside the realm of “Punk”) before. Rock IS what you’re getting here, in fact a very nice up-dated Grunge Rock/ Metal, and due to us coming so late with the review, I’ll give you some excerpts from media reactions so far: “…Imagine late Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley singing on Queens Of The Stone Age’s first album…an awesome concept that Portuguese trio Tryangle appear to have adopted as a career template to great effect…” (David McLaughlin, Kerrang!, KKK rating); “…It’s (the album) absolutely bursting with heavy and well thought out riffes, bringing to mind early Badmotorfinger Soundgarden but offset with some of the softer touches that Billy Corgann brought to grunge, the sound of Tryanle not too disimular from Machina era Pumpkins…” (Steven Fanning – Rock Midgets, 4/5 rating); “…You can hear the influences of Led Zeppelin and Soundgarden as the ethereal guitar sounds are weaved into the songs with great effect…And not much is more awasome than the crescendo end to the album with final track “the Universe” which is simply put immense and is remeniscent of original Stoner Rock gods Kyuss…” (Dan Searles, DSD). In other words, what you get here is real classy Grunge of the highest quality, the kind you would’ve been proud of to like as a Metalhead during the mid ‘90s (in days when Metal hardly got a chance in the music business)! With the reference points mentioned above, prepare to be blown away while listening to what (no less than 5 out of the 11 songs on the album) the guys made available at their official website myspace.com/tryangle. This one’s a winner for sure, and if the upcoming Autumn tour of the UK generates enough response from the audiences, the label might consider giving the guys a push towards a tour in the States…where they could become réally HUGE indeed!!! Considering that comment, càn you be surprised at my nomination of Tryangle into my personal “Best Albums Of 2009” lists? 98/100 Tony. |
