A Vast New Rock Record from Seewolf

A new album release from Seewolf manages to deliver a soiree of rock tonalities that range from vast and cinematic to a bright pop-rock approach, but it all has layers to it, and with each track comes certain kinds of moods and stories told, for that matter.

The A Bounce of Grace album provides such a set of outstanding rock textures, and each track stands on its own two legs as a single, but the album as a whole speaks volumes for the band.

This is the kind of album you don't just listen to one or two songs from. You listen to this whole record from beginning to end. Listening to one or two songs may give you a gist of some of the staples you can expect to hear throughout the record, but it will not give you the full spectrum of what the album has to offer as a whole.

Some of these songs are distanced, expansive, colorful, edgy, and with each one you get engulfed further into the record.

The album starts off with 'Someday", which is one of the more cinematic of the bunch and works wonders in terms of introducing the record because it has a slow burn intro and builds an intensity as it plays on.

You get warm classic rock tonalities from this one, with hints of Southern underbelly, but it has this beautifully deepening feel.

The guitars are riddled with reverb, and the tone of everything creates this sort of atmosphere that you fall right into.

It's easy to get engulfed by this record straight from the get-go. That first track introduces you to some of what you can expect but, again, you should be ready to expect the unexpected as well because there are many surprises around the corners, experimental elements, and outside the box song writing at times.

These guys love to jam and they create these thick soundscapes that build and sway all the time with certain tracks spanning over 8 or 9 minutes like, 'Moonwater".

This is a song that swims around in the air that surrounds you. It's kind of beautiful and natural, forward-moving flow, so unique, but also has plenty of familiarity to it.

I love how these songs do indeed create those atmospheres and cinematic backbone.

You always get distant guitars dripping with that reverb effect and vocals that can follow suit at times, but others sit on the forefront telling a story.

Sounds like 'Run and Hide" serves as a great example of that. You're paying a lot of attention to the lyrics and the story told, but the music is really setting the mood for that.

This record is all about rock music that is driven by some truth, character, and experience because that's what this whole thing is.

This record is an experience or even an escape, especially if you listen to it from start to finish.

The album will pull you away from wherever you are and whatever you're doing and put you in a different space altogether.

You rarely come across a record with this many layers to it, performed with an almost live-in-the-room kind of feel.

It does actually feel like these songs were recorded live on the floor, and everyone was just feeding off each other's energies the entire time, giving the songs the air of being alive and breathing.

I love that feeling because it creeps up on you and puts you in the moment with those songs.

I know I've mentioned the guitar work a few times, but I have to say, the guitars on this record ares absolutely the driving force behind it. They create some of the biggest elements of atmosphere and spaciousness, vast underbellies and moods that are built into this record.

Having said that, everyone is amazing here. The bass guitar is thick with a lot of low end, but also provides some walking and some spaciousness as well, with some surprising and fun color that adds different layers and feels to the songs.

The drumming keeps everything right in the pocket but also adds that liveliness to everything. When songs need a little extra drive, I feel like everyone's banking right off of those drums to do so.

The vocals give you the stories, the character, and overlapping melodies that you end up holding on to.

This is not your standard rock record. This is outside the box and is built with fewer boundaries than you may be used to, which, for me, was a beautiful thing.

The performance across the board was completely graceful and again, gives you the feeling of seeing them live in a room together.

That's the kind of thing that stays with you, and this record will stay with you for hours or even days after it has ended, especially if you love expansive rock music that really takes you on a journey.

At any rate, take a deep dive into this record, and I suggest doing so with headphones on because it's one of the best ways to soak all of those layers in.

There are a lot of textures and tones, notes and sounds that float through some of the ethers of the songs, and listening with headphones really lets you pick up on that stuff.

A lot went into this record, and you can tell this was all performed and written by a band that has a real love for their craft.

Take a deep dive into this record as soon as you can and remember where you heard it first.

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