Growers Of Mushroom - LEAF HOUND***

Freelance Fiend/Sad Road To The Sea/Drowned My Life In Fear/Work My Body/Stray/With A Minute To Go/ Growers Of Mushroom/Stagnant Pool/Sawdust Caesar

After a change of vocalist the hard rock group Black Cat Bones adopted the name Leaf Hound for the release of their second album Growers Of Mushroom. Their sound is considered to be very Led Zeppelin influenced.

“Zeppelin influenced hard rock with really great guitar especially Freelance Fiend where the guitar has a kind of metallic sound. The first three songs are hard rock classics, after that the songwriting becomes a bit average with the exception of the psychedelic Growers Of Mushroom track.”

“Take Led Zeppelin, add some blues and a rather psychedelic sound and you describe Leaf Hound. Brilliant blues-rock with a nice psychedelic and experimental touch to it. Although the guitar at times sounds quite thin, the soloing and jamming are really good. And the vocals just suit the music about perfectly.”

“There are some nice blues-rock numbers in this 'lost classic'. Unfortunately they are interspersed with some pretty average material. The opener, Freelance Fiend, with a regulation blues hook and accomplished guitar solo, promises good things to come.”

“The band's only album contained an acid guitar based psychedelic sludge fest of blues based rock. The vocals fit the mood perfectly. The set has some solid acid guitar playing but nothing really fancy.”

“A solid album, I've heard it described as Led Zeppelin without the affected vocals, which is a pretty apt description. The title track is a fun song with psych lyrics, but the rest of the album is really straight rock, if you want to get fancy you could call it postpsych or proto-metal or proto-stoner rock.”

“I expected something more psychedelic with the cover art showing the band standing in a field of mushrooms and rainbows, but this record is actually some hard hitting Led Zepplin style rock. If you're a fan of 70s English hard rock you will like this a lot.”

“This is a very solid release if you are looking for the heavier side of early 70s hard rock albums. Yes, it sounds very much like Led Zeppelin, especially the first track, but this album still has so much originality that it surely can stand on its own.”