Ironworks
2006
I Trust You To Kill Me
About This Album
The first release from singer/songwriter Jude Cole (also this disc's producer) and actor Kiefer Sutherland's Ironworks imprint is an impressive if occasionally derivative album from the West Coast-based Rocco Deluca. Backed by the three-piece Burden band consisting of bass, drums, and additional percussion, the latter adding a propulsive element to the sound, Deluca sticks primarily to Dobro, which imbues the disc with a more mysterious, exotic feel. Deluca has sure listened to his Led Zeppelin collection, though, and much of this seems heavily influenced by that band's more acoustic side, in particular Led Zeppelin III. The singer's voice shifts from a ghostly Jack White/Jeff Buckley style to the more deliberate howling of Robert Plant and the Cult's Ian Astbury. There's a slight but consistent bluesy feel to this music that grounds it, in the same way as the White Stripes and Zeppelin reference the genre, but in a far less overt manner. Producer Cole embellishes the project with subtle overdubs that layer these tracks, adding heft and colors to make them jump out of the speakers. Drummer Ryan Carmen would do well to lose the overt John Bonham-isms, especially on the majestic "Swing Low," a song that easily could have slotted into the Zeppelin catalog, especially when Deluca shifts into a Plant-ish howl.
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