{"id":35780,"date":"2018-09-16T08:49:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T22:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=35780"},"modified":"2018-09-18T16:20:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T06:20:15","slug":"slash-ft-myles-kennedy-the-conspirators-living-the-dream-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2018\/09\/slash-ft-myles-kennedy-the-conspirators-living-the-dream-album-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Slash Ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators \u2013 Living The Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>They\u2019re back! \u2018Living The Dream\u2019 is Slash\u2019s fourth solo album and third with his merry men of Myles and The Conspirators. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what they\u2019ve done here as when a band has worked together for a while they truly get into a groove and I get the feeling this album will be the one that will make people stand up and truly take notice.<\/p>\n

The album opens with that all too familiar guitar tone and straight away it\u2019s ready to go, \u2018The Call Of The Wild\u2019 hits the riff and as Slash\u2019s guitar tone has its own entity, as does Myles Kennedy\u2019s voice, the vocal layers here always showcase his range, and when this track hits the bridge and drops lower they\u2019ve really put something cool together before it leads into a quick solo but there\u2019s more notes in it to show you who\u2019s boss, and a special mention to the cowbell at the end, good work Fitzy. This is the perfect opener for what I hope will be the kick ass rock record we need at this time! Ooh this is different, \u2018Serve You Right\u2019 is a groove laden slower rocker and completely suits this band, musically there is so much going on here and it is so well balanced, oh man, that solo over the top of it all truly rises above without overpowering, that\u2019s some excellent producing, Elvis! \u2018My Antidote\u2019 starts with big almost tribal drums and crunchy guitar before doing that thing where you go \u201cfuck yeah\u201d as it hits a riff and straight back into that crunch, oh man this is some killer production. A big rocker that has a hook laden chorus you find yourself humming along to (I say humming because I didn\u2019t know the words properly yet) but that one truly stands out and could easily be a single.<\/p>\n

We get back into the old school GnR feel in a good way with \u2018Mind Your Manners\u2019 in this one that will go over perfectly live it just has that groove that people will instantly gravitate to and love, then we hit \u2018Lost Inside The Girl\u2019 and hello favourite so far! \u00a0This one clocks in at six and a half minutes and I could listen to this for a lot longer than that, it heads up and down and is the closest to an Alter Bridge song here without being that at all, when you hear that Slash solo tear through the song it just feels right. Then as they head towards the outro the underlying guitar pattern here is so damn good, truly a stand out on the album. \u2018Read Between The Lines\u2019 gets a little funky and allows Myles to once again use his vocal techniques and different registers here as the song takes on different feels throughout and the rhythm section here keep that groove going in an almost sleazier rock version of RATM which is really clever. I have no idea what\u2019s happening here at the start of \u2018Slow Grind\u2019 ahh there it is, interesting intro before hitting a riff and the verse, but it\u2019s not until it hits the Middle 8 here that it becomes clear to me, then once again a perfect solo complimenting the song, curse you and your awesome ability, Slash.<\/p>\n

With a title like \u2018The One You Loved Is Gone\u2019 you\u2019d expect a ballad and oh look, it\u2019s just that, called it! Hello new favourite, curse my love of ballads, the guitar tone here balanced with Myles\u2019 vocals is actually perfect, no other word to describe it. I get the feeling this will power up very shortly and if it does I may need a time out, but that chorus, damn, just give them the $10,000, we have a winner! I\u2019m digging the buzz effect on the solo here and there it is, boom, power and what a way to make a great song even better, yeah I don\u2019t need to listen to the rest of the album now, we\u2019ll just say it\u2019s great or something, but I\u2019m done, out, finished, it\u2019s a winner! In no way will they be able to top that one.<\/p>\n

OK, you twisted my arm, I\u2019ll listen to the rest, geez! \u2018Driving Rain\u2019 we hard as the first single and it was the perfect choice as it just oozes Slash and what this band has become, it\u2019s simple but complex at the same time, yeah that confuses me too but it\u2019s commercially exactly what it should be, a straight up rock and roll song. This band has it down. \u201cFirst you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women\u201d there\u2019s a Simpsons quote for everything and \u2018Sugar Cane\u2019, well, it has no Simpsons references in it but it has a kick ass riff and I really like this one, it\u2019s sweet. Pun intended. There\u2019s a whole lot going on in this one but once again production wise it isn\u2019t muddy and testament to a great producer in Elvis, he was the perfect choice for this record and he\u2019s smashed it out of the park. \u2018The Great Pretender\u2019 has a \u2018Don\u2019t Cry\u2019 feel to it and is another slower track and the balance of these big rockers and the slower ones is so well done with each song taking on the ability to be their own yet work as a cohesive album. \u2018Boulevard of Broken Hearts\u2019 closes the album and I\u2019d rather visit this Blvd than the one about broken dreams as this one straight up rocks the shit out of everything. The album closes as strong as it opened and musically shit, there\u2019s even an Iron Maiden type guitar part in there making me want to run to the hills, or any damn hill I can find in the middle of Sydney. It\u2019s now 8:24am on Sunday morning and with my day starting by listening to this album I can say it was a damn good start to the day as this album is going to have many people feeling the same way, just maybe at a more reasonable time.<\/p>\n

\u2018Living The Dream\u2019 is by far the best thing that Slash, Myles and The Conspirators have done, they\u2019ve made an album so well balanced that no one is falling off this thing. They\u2019ve grown as a band and it shows, these songs are not only some of the best they\u2019ve done, but some of the best rock songs I\u2019ve heard in a while. Rock is in no way dead, it\u2019s alive and well and has simply got a one word name, and thy name is Slash.<\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> USA<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong> 21 September 2018<\/p>\n

Record label:<\/strong> Snakepit Records \/ Sony Music Australia<\/p>\n

Produced By:<\/strong> Michael “Elvis” Baskette<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.slashonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Track Listing:<\/strong>
\nThe Call Of The Wild
\nServe You Right
\nMy Antidote
\nMind Your Manners
\nLost Inside the Girl
\nRead Between the Lines
\nSlow Grind
\nThe One You Loved Is Gone
\nDriving Rain
\nSugar Cane
\nThe Great Pretender
\nBoulevard of Broken Hearts<\/p>\n

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