Alta May

Dark Days (Glazed)
by Craig Regala

The kinda stuff that’s born of the same impulse as “hard rock”* was, or “alternative rock,”** or “grunge.”*** Three-piece no-bullshit guitar heave with clean varied vocals ‘n’ an aggressive mid-tempo attack that avoids marketing tags like “punk” or “metal” even as they feed off those ancient protein sources. Good songs with big-ass guitar hooks built to spill beer and wag rocker heads. Here’s hoping they get the chance. Thanks to Mudhoney, Valis, Mcluskey, The Bronze, Bluebird, and Chip Midnight: So now you know the square in which they dance.
(PO Box 23033 Seattle, WA 98102)

*A band such as “The Who”
** A band such as “Orangutang”
*** A band such as “Paw”