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Dead Meadow
The Nothing They Need
(Nemu)
4/5 Stars
Now 2 decades old as a band, the 20th anniversary album from the stoner rock heroes reminds us of just how timeless their fuzzy, dreamy, Sabbath-esque approach truly is. Exploring all avenues of prog and psyche-rock, too, here we get some longer songs with organs and even some saxophones to their atypical formula.
Now 8 albums deep and on their 3rd drummer, all previous members of the band appear here, as original members Jason Simon and Steve Kille's keen sense of rhythmic and groove filled songwriting that's part classic rock, part '80s metal and '90s grunge is as strong as ever. A band that haven't deviated from their sound since day one, these 8 songs stay true to their form with exactly no filler.