Blinded is taken from Parker Barrow’s forthcoming album Hold The Mash, and you’d be forgiven for thinking you were listening to a new Stones single with the opening riff, as guitarist Alex Bender says the riff was given life as he imagined how Keith Richards would play it if he was in the band. It’s loose and it rolls for sure.

Dylan Turner then adds the rock with a Simon Kirke Free type drum groove. He also wrote the lyrics, about seeking inner redemption whilst the material world tries to drag you down. These words are ably belted out by his wife Megan Kane, and the tune becomes unmistakably Parker Barrow.

I’ve described Megan as a once in a generation vocalist before and I stand by those words. There are some outstanding female rock vocalists around at the moment but Megan takes it to a different level with such ease. The power, the range the phrasing the delivery all hers. It would be easy and lazy to compare her to Janis Joplin or Tina Turner, because she is in a field of her own and I dare say other vocalists will be compared to her as a bench mark in the future. She has a cheeky glint in her eye, struts like an excited child at a birthday party and throws the mic stand around like early Rod Stewart.

Back to the song – so we have The Stones and Free guesting on the rhythm, vocals sending shivers up your spine, then when the backing vocals kick off in the chorus the harmonies really remind me of Fanny, that very underrated pioneering all girl band from the 70’s. The middle eight features some understated guitar weaving between Alex Turner and second guitarist Will Tipton, and some nicely executed unexpected stops and starts created by the rhythm section of Dylan and Bassist Kyle Priber, and all sown together by the honkytonk ivory tinkling of Eric Safka.

This is twenty twenty six new and original rock n roll at it’s best by a long chalk This band has all the ingredients which are needed to stand out from the crowd – looks, attitude, style, musicianship, vocals, showmanship, and a great feeling of camaraderie. They are the embodiment of raunch n raw rock n roll and I hope you get Blinded, I have been. *****

Review by Andy Sharrocks

They are playing some UK dates in July to promote new album Hold The Mash, and you can watch the video for Blinded here:-

https://youtu.be/B8a4EkL3aPw

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