TCCDM In The Mailbox..."71Spiders" - Spider Fingers (2017)

"71Spiders" - Spider Fingers (2017)
(CD front and back)

     "71Spiders" is a pretty tasty piece of guitar-driven crankage that bangs out in various directions with a mid-70s hard rock flair. The influences are numerous on this 11-song collection and ring out from coolly familiar yet oddly different places.  And it's this curious chasm that draws you in and creates unexpected flashes of awareness, making for a fun spin.  One you'll want to crank up.

     Spider Fingers is a founding member of both The Flying Sixty Nine and Electric Monster.   Spider is responsible for all the music and lyrics on this, his solo debut album, and is a chameleon of sorts, being whatever is necessary.  There are a couple of traffic cones on this square, but most of the songs work, maintaining a cool tone that often carries an enjoyable and unexpected edginess.  If you like your 70s guitar churn-and-burn cut with a slice of the strange, "71Spiders" will satisfy that itch.

"71Spiders" - Spider Fingers 
(inside digipak)

"71Spiders" - Spider Fingers
 (14-pg booklet w/lyrics, liner notes)

Favorites include:
"The Holy Man"
"Snooze U Loose"
"Love Is Now"

     "71Spiders" comes in a digipak with fantastic cover artwork provided by Gerry Andrea that brings to mind hints of "Stranger Things."  Andrea also provided the drawings for the 14-page booklet also included, which contains lyrics, liner notes, and shout-outs.  Just an overall nice package.  The CD is about 31 minutes with eleven songs, the longest being 5 minutes, "Snooze u Loose", and it's killer.  Again, "71Spiders" is a mix of hard rock and mid-tempo tracks, with some good riffs and haunting ripples.

"Snooze u Loose" - Spider Fingers / "71Spiders" (2017)

TRACKS:
1  "Spider Web Blues" 3:22
2  "The Holy Man" 3:42
3  "Story Of My Life" 2:33
4  "Got 2 Have It" 3:23
5  "Tokyo Rose" 4:06
6  "Broken Dreams" 3:22
7  "Love Is Now" 3:12
8  "Been Down n Turned Around" 2:07
9  "All Alone" 4:17
10  "Snooze U Loose" 5:16
11  "Goodnight" 2:50

PERSONNEL:
Spider Fingers - vocals, guitar, all other instruments


Good stuff.

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