Meteor City Records
2005
Dare I Say
About This Album
Three years on from their 2002 debut album, Only a Suggestion, the stoner rock veteran collective known as Hermano reconvened their geographically distant membership (minus second guitarist Mike Callahan and with new drummer Chris Leathers) for a sophomore turn called Dare I Say.... And, even though it sounds about as loose, spontaneous, and diversified as its predecessor, this second statement actually feels like it's coming from an actual band with a mission -- not just a few friends goofing off in their spare time. Truly inspired songwriting is the unsurprising secret and, although hyperactive stoner rock anthems ("Cowboys Suck," "Angry American") and groovy metallic blues numbers ("Life," "Roll Over," "My Boy") are still the order of the day, Hermano also take the occasional stroll through acoustic blues ("Murder One"), rip-roaring distorted punk rock ("Quite F**ked"), and even an artsy, organ-driven something or other called "On the Desert." Of course, none of the above would carry nearly as much appeal without the star power of legendary desert metal vocalist John Garcia (formerly of Kyuss, Slo Burn, Unida), whose voice retains that magical, difficult to define spark not even his state of semi-retirement can dull.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,4,8,9 and 11)

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