Having gone through numerous line-up changes ever since its birth in 2005, British rock band Auger Bane has experienced quite some trouble along the way. Still, the remaining members never gave up playing their raw-edged rock songs. Early this year Brazilian bassist Max Torres joined the band and guitarist Shane Carpenter left not long after. The band decided to keep continuing as a four-piece, having reached a new musical and personal tightness. And now they�re here with their debut album, On Wings Of Fallen Rock.

 

�Wolf On The River� is the third song on this album and immediately the one that exposes pretty much everything that this band can offer you at its best. Solid, raw-edged rock vocals, some solid rock riffing and guitar solos. It�s quite complete, yet it still sounds very simplistic � in a positive way � which definitely contributes to the listening comfort. There�s not too much thinking and concentration involved in listening to these songs and every now and then that�s something I quite enjoy.

 

But if you want to check out this band, make sure you won�t judge them by one song alone, �cause when you don�t like the abovementioned song you might as well be nodding along with tracks like the slow �Furious Woman� or the long, passionate and ballad-like �The Long Walk� and �On Wings Of Fallen Rock�.

 

After these songs, the album doesn�t get much better. This doesn�t mean it gets worse either, but it�s just down to not-too-spectacular stoner rock music, which is still very much in the vein of the preceding songs, though. One more song, called �Black Eyes & Burdens�, does distinguish itself a bit from the others with a more catchy tune to it, but again nothing you haven�t heard before.

 

And to be honest; this goes for the entire album. It�s not spectacular or refreshing. But then again, like I said earlier, sometimes that�s not what you should expect. If you just want to lay back with some nice, relaxing stoner rock songs you should definitely consider checking out Auger Bane, roll a joint and fly away on the wings of fallen rock. Have a nice flight!