It’s really criminal that this band hasn’t been acknowledged at a mainstream level like they deserve. I happened on Open Hand almost by accident when surveying the local libraries music collection. The cover art was subtle, and I couldn’t tell what kind of music it might be until I rolled it over and noticed a big fat Roadrunner Records sticker on the back. Needless to say, assuming they were some kind of American groove metal band. How could I be so wrong? It took 2 listens of this album for it to be one of my favourite hard rock releases ever. Open Hand splice together several different genres including indie rock, groove metal, stoner rock, electronica and many others to create a truly original sound with their incredible musical ingenuity and skill. Open Hand can sound like Mastodon or Modest Mouse in the same song, its really incredible how versatile this album is. Take tracks like “Pure Concentrated Evil”, “Take No Action” and “Waiting For Katy” all totally rocking tracks who would totally be at home on the latest foo fighters or QOTSA release. Then you have tracks like “You And Me” And “Her Song”, great little indie rock songs that are totally catchy also. Then you have totally random tracks like the electronically fuelled “Newspeak” (referencing George Orwell’s 1984) and the tripped out “Elevator”. It’s just so good and totally unknown. So I recommend looking this album up, its probably one of the best surprises ive had in the music world for a couple of years.
Heres the two most kickass tracks on the album and i havent even mentioned them yet. Thats a testament to how good this really is.
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