This album rocks, shocks and blows you away. Its blues-y like Gary Moore, epic like Pink Floyd, tuneful like R.E.M., quirky like Syd Barrett and much harder than previous Mirror albums.
I got goose-pimples listening to Allan Faull's soaring guitar work and Nielen Mirror's incredible vocals and biting lyrics. Tully McCully played both bass and drums on this album and he provides a solid base for Allan to leap from. And leap he does... straight into unchartered territories.
If you like Dave Gilmour, Deep Purple, Oasis, Hendrix, BB King, Derek-era Clapton... then this is an album you gotta hear.
'Hammerhead Hotel' was recorded in November 1996 at Spaced-Out Sound Studios in Cape Town, but has never been released on CD. On the 10th anniversary of its recording, Tully McCully remixed the master tapes and made this album exclusively available as MP3 downloads at the Rhythm Records Online Music Store.
Musicians:
- Nielen Mirror: vocals
- Allan Faull: guitars
- Tully McCully: bass, drums, keyboards
- Brian Currin, November 2006
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