It’s been a while since Black Note Graffiti pinged on my sonic radar, (checks notes) four years to be exact, and if that run of singles – “Fallacy,” “Inch x Inch” and “Knights” marked them out to be a brilliant slice of rock and roll, groove and grind for that moment, “The Source” prooves that they have lost none of their bite and are just as perfect a fit for the here-and-now.
If anything, “The Source” sees them more fired up and ready for action than ever, offering salvos of crunching and relentless rhythmic riffs and seductive sonic asides, driving primal energies from the band’s engine room and vocals capable of moving between drifting dreamscape and powerhouse punch.
I have always said about this band that they bridge the two worlds of classic and alternative rock: that they tick all the boxes that made the former the much-loved genre—groove, drive, attitude, and energy—and they also mix and merge those sonic forces in ways that make them a leading light in its generic successor. It’s fresh, yet it is slightly familiar!
With “The Source”, you can see those worlds, the old school and the new, the traditional and the exploratory, the established and the adventurous, collide to forge a glorious slice of timeless rock that will keep both the patched denim jacketed fans of old and the black-clad legions of the present happy and do so whilst beating a path to a bright new future for the genre.
Hallelujah!
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