Savage Hatchlings, 4 Out Of 5 Stars
Andrew Stockdale had the proverbial "artistic differences" with his old Wolfmother mates, so after the international success of the debut Wolfmother CD, he picks up a new bassist and drummer...and then makes an album that sounds almost exactly like the first. if you revelled in the 70's thud and crunch of that one, you're going to be in Van Heaven when you get hold of "Cosmic Egg."
The influences are all still there, be they the Zepplin stuttering of "White Feather" or the Deep Purple organ that wells up from "In The Castle." And like before, you get the feeling Jack White/The Raconteurs have been in the boys' CD players. "Cosmic Egg" is a big guitar album, filled with dirty riffs, down-tuned chording and wah-wah racket (love that bent sound on "Pilgrim").
Even the cover art and album title harken back to a hazier day. The lyrics occasionally slip into hippie-mysticism ("California Queen") and Hendrixian Guitar Utopias (the six minute "Violence Of The Sun"), but Wolfmother never fall into boredom. "Cosmic Egg" will make you hope they stay on this track and wonder if the next album cover will be a Frazetta painting.
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