Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts
Blaster

THE REVIEW

At times edgy, at times restrained, resigned and sweet.

Scott's voice accompanies the intuitions of the Wildabouts, in the different tracks that show various facets on the surface of rock n roll.

Softdrive Records, his label with which the project was born.

"Recording Blaster was invigorating and exciting. It reminded me of the mindset I had when the first two albums with the Stone Temple Pilots were released".

I find the leader's cadence on the notes of Way she moves and Amethyst irresistible. Proof of the dynamism capable of spanning the energy expelled from the more pop tracks to those on the track of driving riffs.

Yes, because Jeremy Brown (lead guitar) is also an omnipresent protagonist throughout the album.

The young musician died the day before the album's release, profoundly affecting the course of the tour and the minds of his bandmates, outlining an unbearable climate that, by a twist of fate, will culminate in the end of the band and first and foremost, with that of Weiland.

The latter was already marked, as the press well knows, by the personal events and discomforts that his lifestyle entailed, as evidenced by some of the various performances posted on the web.

A well-chosen 20th century boy borrowed from Bolan and company brings to mind the vigorous highlights in the tracklist, with the roaring Youth Quake and Modzilla.

The band's instruments are well recorded and manage to take you on old school paths that don't detract, but the icing on the cake for me remains the last track Circles.

A circle closes and it's time to say goodbye.

Circles really means a lot to me and writing a few lines about it doesn't even show a fraction of the emotions I feel hearing it again.

The two previously mentioned musicians here close the dance and the last flame slowly falls and fades in the wind, dignified and overwhelming.