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Alan Ovington's Album Review - 8 August 2024

Thursday, 8 August 2024 00:00

By John Dash

The Commoners are on track for another banner year. They recently released their highly anticipated third album 'Restless' which featuring ten tracks that grip your senses and make you groove.

Following their critically acclaimed 2022 sophomore album 'Find A Better Way', the Canadian Roots-Rock quintet continue their dedicated musical journey to provide listeners with a hearty dose of Southern-style swagger accentuated with slide guitar, organ swell, and heartfelt vocals.

A natural evolution from their 2022 album 'Find A Better Way', 'Restless' offers a peek behind their success, revealing the gruelling routines and ragged emotions that hide behind the glamorous aesthetic of a rock band on the rise. With introspective, slower-tempo numbers tucked amongst some rip-roaring anthems, the new album, is a portrait of a hardworking group revitalising a classic genre.

Guitarist and producer Ross Hayes Citrullo says, “As with our previous album, we wanted to marry old and new southern rock together in a way that was unique to the band’s Canadian roots. By adding the soul and rock elements of The Black Crowes, and the southern blues rock undertones of The Allman Brothers to a production style akin to Blackberry Smoke and Rival Sons, I think we developed an authentic sound that compares sonically to some of our favourite records across all of those music genres.”

* Alan Ovington's Rock Zone can be heard 7-9pm every Wednesday on 103.6FM Tameside Radio (repeated Friday 9-11pm) and On Demand at tamesideradio.com. More rock news at therockzone.net. Twitter @tamesiderock

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