Album Review
Stone Gods - Silver Spoons And Broken BonesStone Gods - Silver Spoons And Broken Bones

The Stone Gods released their debut EP 'Burn The Witch' earlier in the year, the actual EP itself sold out copies within the first day, now some people class this as a big achievement and others don’t due to the fact that there weren’t that many copies of the EP made and released, either way it’s caused a lot of fuss and it helped bring that extra bit of exposure for the Stone Gods, this time in a positive way as after all when they first started off the name The Darkness was mentioned many times when talking about the Stone Gods but let’s not go into that as the two are nothing alike.

I was expecting big things from the debut Stone Gods album, after listening to and reviewing their debut EP but I never quite expected that the album would be as good as it actually is, the album features 13 tracks, 2 of them which featured on their debut 4 track EP and obviously 11 other new songs, each and every song on the album is really easy to get into and it features a mixture of sounds and styles, there are fast punk rock orientated songs, there are classic full on rocking songs, there are slow ballad sounding songs, you name it the Stone Gods have tried it and included it here.

'Silver Spoons And Broken Bones' is the name of the album and the only negative thing I have to say about the album is that the album artwork is a bit basic and could of done with a bit more work, but musically it’s a masterpiece, a masterpiece that hasn’t left my cd player since I received the album. The album starts with 'Burn The Witch', which is the same song that the EP of the same name started with, the song hasn’t changed this time around, it’s still the same sound with big guitar riffs and Richie Edwards big sounding rock and roll vocals.

There are so many highlights on the album, but I simply wouldn’t be able to choose a favourite song as my mind seems to change on every listen, I started off thinking 'Don't Drink The Water' was my favourite song from the album when I first heard it but my mind has changed about 50 times since then. Talking about 'Don't Drink The Water' the song is fast and furious and sounds like a punk rock song with the way that it’s really fast sounding and has that old skool punk feel about it in the way that the guitar riffs and bass lines are carried out and even in Richie's fast flowing vocals, the song is extremely radio friendly and a lot of enjoyment is to be had from it and will be had.

The other song from the EP that is featured on the album is 'You Brought A Knife To A Gunfight', the song is extremely infectious and its guaranteed that you will get sucked in by the chorus and sing along word for word, the song is extremely radio friendly in the way that the song is fast and catchy, the only thing that stops this ever being played on the radio is the odd swear word, not like that will bother these guys.

I’m guessing the majority of people reading this like a bit of the old skool generation of rock music, well if you like Hanoi Rocks then you will love 'Where You Coming From' as the song has a really big Hanoi Rocks feel about it.

As I mentioned above, there are a few slow songs on the album and the first one you will come across is 'Magdalene Street', and the song is really beautiful sounding, Richie changes his vocal style slightly here as he sings his heart out with passion. The second slow song on the album is 'Lazy Bones' and it is one great rock ballad, it’s really appealing and so easy to get into, you will not want this song to finish and when it does you will skip back to it for another listen or two.

Other strong moments on the album are the catchy 'Start Of Something', which will have you tapping your foot along to the beat. The rocking 'Making It Hard', 'Wasting Time' with its strong infectious chorus and the huge sounding rifftastic song 'Knight Of The Living Dead'

It’s weird, you don’t normally come across an album where you listen to it and after every track you are really impressed thinking that the last track you listened to is your favourite until the next track has finished and you think that one is your favourite, this is the effect 'Silver Spoons And Broken Bones' gives me I love each song equally as much but I end up getting sucked in by one song and listen to it on repeat for a few times then take it off repeat and then the same effect happens with the next song etc.

Every year a good honest English rock band comes along, last year it was Slaves To Gravity and they are doing really well for themselves now going from strength to strength slowly becoming one of the best UK rock bands, and now we have the Stone Gods who deserve to follow in the successful footsteps of Slaves To Gravity.

5/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Stone Gods - Band
Richie Edwards (Vocals, Guitar)
Dan Hawkins (Guitar, Vocals)
Toby Macfarlaine (Bass, Vocals)
Ed Graham (Drums)
 Track Listing
1. Burn The Witch
2. Don't Drink The Water
3. Defend Or Die
4. You Brought A Knife To A Gunfight
5. Magdalene Street
6. Where You Coming From
7. Lazy Bones
8. I'm With The Band
9. Start Of Something
10. Making It Hard
11. Wasting Time
12. Knight Of The Living Dead
13. Oh Where My Beero
 Band Related Links
Stone Gods Myspace
Stone Gods Official Website
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?