ONE HAND FREE
''SWEETBREADS (BONUS TRACKS)''
2011
56:19
1 - Sly/5:09
2 - Dead Reckoning/5:43
3 - Like A Stone/5:00
4 - Mangrove/8:14
5 - Slipstream/6:46
6 - King By Now (Bonus Track)/3:54
7 - Lucky (Bonus Track)/4:34
8 - Majesty (Bonus Track)/6:13
9 - Hard X (Bonus Track)/5:26
10 - If I Were A Carpenter (Bonus Track)/4:57
Andrew Blowen/Vocals, Keyboards
Josh DiJoseph/Guitars, Backing Vocals
Geoff Taylor/Bass Guitar
John Santarelli/Percussion, Backing Vocals
Kelly Bower/Drums
"Though only a five track EP, “Sweetbreads” comes in at a healthy 31 minutes, as the band stretch out and properly explore their songs. Opener “Sly” rolls out its goodness over five minutes and could be the beefy cousin of one of Terry Reid’s masterpieces from the “River” album. It’s followed by “Dead Reckoning” which is gentler but no less charismatic – what a great start, and it gets better. “Like A Stone” is built around a chubby riff, hewn from classic ‘70s rock, before the record’s centerpiece hits home. “Mangrove” is the longest cut here, recorded live, it’s a slow burn blues-rocker with Josh DiJoseph’s guitar sparring with Blowen’s vocal and keys to notable effect. The fifth and final track “Slipstream” might just be the pick of the bunch. Again, it was recorded live and the band is on fire. Mostly instrumental, the interplay between the lead instruments and the structured intensity of the three-piece rhythm section is just wonderful. I’d love to see them do it on a big stage."
- Rob F. - Leicester Bangs
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
One Hand Free is everything you want and expect from a real rock band. They are the genuine article. They display the perfect blend of showmanship and sincerity, conjuring notions of both the gutter and the grandiose.
One Hand Free plays and records in the spirit of the The Band and Stevie Wonder amidst hot solder, rejuvenated Hammond organs and piles of vinyl in their personal audio playpen known as The Mood Tube. They found their determination not to settle for the paint by numbers aesthetic of typical studio logistics spurred on by a cathartic swell of support among European rock revival audiences, sparked by press coverage in the Dutch magazine “Aktueel.”
To say that One Hand Free play rock and roll is to oversimplify. One Hand Free are Rock and Roll. They sweat it, pump it, strut it, beg it, believe it and preach it. When they lay hands on their instruments, they manifest all the glory and grime inherent in the magic of hand rolled original rock and roll.
''SWEETBREADS (BONUS TRACKS)''
2011
56:19
1 - Sly/5:09
2 - Dead Reckoning/5:43
3 - Like A Stone/5:00
4 - Mangrove/8:14
5 - Slipstream/6:46
6 - King By Now (Bonus Track)/3:54
7 - Lucky (Bonus Track)/4:34
8 - Majesty (Bonus Track)/6:13
9 - Hard X (Bonus Track)/5:26
10 - If I Were A Carpenter (Bonus Track)/4:57
Andrew Blowen/Vocals, Keyboards
Josh DiJoseph/Guitars, Backing Vocals
Geoff Taylor/Bass Guitar
John Santarelli/Percussion, Backing Vocals
Kelly Bower/Drums
"Though only a five track EP, “Sweetbreads” comes in at a healthy 31 minutes, as the band stretch out and properly explore their songs. Opener “Sly” rolls out its goodness over five minutes and could be the beefy cousin of one of Terry Reid’s masterpieces from the “River” album. It’s followed by “Dead Reckoning” which is gentler but no less charismatic – what a great start, and it gets better. “Like A Stone” is built around a chubby riff, hewn from classic ‘70s rock, before the record’s centerpiece hits home. “Mangrove” is the longest cut here, recorded live, it’s a slow burn blues-rocker with Josh DiJoseph’s guitar sparring with Blowen’s vocal and keys to notable effect. The fifth and final track “Slipstream” might just be the pick of the bunch. Again, it was recorded live and the band is on fire. Mostly instrumental, the interplay between the lead instruments and the structured intensity of the three-piece rhythm section is just wonderful. I’d love to see them do it on a big stage."
- Rob F. - Leicester Bangs
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
One Hand Free is everything you want and expect from a real rock band. They are the genuine article. They display the perfect blend of showmanship and sincerity, conjuring notions of both the gutter and the grandiose.
One Hand Free plays and records in the spirit of the The Band and Stevie Wonder amidst hot solder, rejuvenated Hammond organs and piles of vinyl in their personal audio playpen known as The Mood Tube. They found their determination not to settle for the paint by numbers aesthetic of typical studio logistics spurred on by a cathartic swell of support among European rock revival audiences, sparked by press coverage in the Dutch magazine “Aktueel.”
To say that One Hand Free play rock and roll is to oversimplify. One Hand Free are Rock and Roll. They sweat it, pump it, strut it, beg it, believe it and preach it. When they lay hands on their instruments, they manifest all the glory and grime inherent in the magic of hand rolled original rock and roll.
