Review: Band of Skulls

As a music geek, I'm always looking for that next fix, that next record that knocks me off my feet and turns my world upside down. Today was a great day. While wondering through my local record store, maintaining a presence for the day someone quits and I finally get to be that music geek working in a record store, I wondered over to the listening station. I rarely listen to them but today, I record caught my eye; Band of Skulls. What? It sounds like just another boneheaded metal band with a grown man growling into a mic trying to scare little children. But I thought, "oh what the heck, I could use a laugh" So I hit Play on disc number six. The next thing I hear blew me away. Instead of some growling, angry metal, I got funky old hard rock, like Led Zeppelin and The Black Keys had a bastard child. The title track was just a massive, crunchy groove. So I bought it. The entire album flows seamlessly from awesome blues and hard rock grooves and guitar solos into quieter ballads that evoke Fleet Foxes or M. Ward, then you get an amazing disco rock track to make your shake your ass like there's no tomorrow. It is a rare treat today to find complete albums, with no weakness or filler, and Band of Skulls - Baby Darling Doll Face Honey is a big goopy double fudge sundae of a treat!