Sentimental Junk
Thin Man, 2022
9/10
On this 5th album from the songwriter/guitarist Tom Guerra, he returns to his roots with an electric guitar focused affair that comes with 2 years of pent up energy from being in a pandemic lockdown for so long.
The energetic listen leads with the firm piano and buzzing guitar of “Autumn Eyes”, where power and melody are both present in spades, and “She Don’t Believe In Memories” follows with thumping drums and a bit of cautiousness to the retro-rock appeal.
Further into the listen, the fluid and loud rock’n’roll of “Clean Cut Kid”, a Bob Dylan cover, will be sure to get your body moving and grooving to the infectious rhythm, while “Eyes Of The World” gets a big rugged, even forceful, where ‘70s rock swagger is present alongside Scott Lawson Pomeroy’s vocals.
Moving towards the end, “Where’s The New Rock & Roll” brings spoken word into the stylish and dance-floor ready delivery, and “A Song For Mark Easton” exits the listen with a bouncy and playful landscape of timeless rock sounds that we can’t help but admire.
Guerra cut his teeth playing guitar in the Dirty Bones Band and then later on Mambo Sons, and influences like Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Joe Walsh won’t be hard to spot on this multi-faceted record that any and all fans of rock’n’roll will appreciate.
Travels well with: The Honeyrunners- Everything Is On Fire; Matt Jaffe- Kintsugi