Ray LaMontagne - Pt. 1 Hey No Pressure

1.   Who is this earthy looking chap?

Ray LaMontagne is a very popular folk rocker from Nashua, New Hampshire  with five long playes in the bag.  Pt1. Hey, No Pressure (Jan’16) comes grooving off his new album Ouroboros (March’16).

2. What kind of nonsense is coming over the wire?

Pt 1. Hey, No Pressure is a slow chugger with a monster riff. You can already find multiple Youtube videos on how to play the riff. The riff is just epic. A desert rocking riff.

3. So who does Mr Montagne sound like?

Black Rebel Motorcycle club with a flat wheel?  Lenny Kravitz on Valium?

Zumic punted for Black Keys.Sound Bites for Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) and Billy Thorpe. Yeah, me neither.

4. So what is the good word from the wordsmiths?

“Infectious distorted guitar riffs and swirling sound effects” - Zumic.

“Brings Black Keys-worthy riffage to his inspired words” - NPR.

“Fuzzed-up, effects-laden electric guitar and punchy drums” - Sound Bites.

5. Who inspired this free spirit?

Stephen Stills, Richard Manuel, and Rick Danko are the wind in his sails. 

6. Why should I give Pt 1. Hey, No Pressure a fair crack of the whip?

The riff. Nasty big bluesy riff you will blast out your speakers with. A real sexy, grinder. The song is sex on a stick.

7. Has Mr Montagne whipped out any more big un's?

You Are The Best Thing has more of the soul singing sexiness.

8. More drivel?

Yeah. The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach produced LaMontagne’s 2014 album, Supernova, but Ouroboros was produced by My Morning Jacket’s Jim James.

“Anything you want your life to mean, it can mean”

Double trouble from The Primitives today. The English indie pop band most famous for 1988’s Crash are still alive and kicking and cracked a great one in Petals off the 2014 album Spin-O-Rama.

“A heart not broken won't need mending
Nothing gained so nothing lost”