Storm Warning take all the earthy elements of the blues, the more refined intricacies of modern rock and a few unpretentious jazz syncopations, they carefully blend them in their very experienced and worldly-wise music-machine and come up with a modern style and sound that's pure class which incorporates blues artistry of the highest order. 'Something Real' is a positive mega-feast of stylish electric blues for the here and now. Stylish and modern maybe but, Storm Warning never lose the plot, they never slip into of the trap of over-embellishment or allow things to go off track; Storm Warning apply themselves with cool professionalism and hard-gigged maturity. Storm Warning know the blues and feel the blues and they give it out here with such ease and understanding that they make you, the listener, feel part of their being, make you feel it just as they do!
Storm Warning give it out here with eight originals and one cover; just short of an hours worth of solid gold contemporary electric blues. You want slow and moody? You want up-tempo and vibrant? You want down and dirty? Here, you got it all!! Storm Warning do everything you'd expect; they give you light and they give you shade, they give you big and they give you bold, they give you power and they give you passion - but above all Storm Warning give you - The Blues!! Storm Warning play with experienced solidarity and well-honed unity but they also offer you the solo trips, the virtuoso excursions. However, they always remain grounded and focussed on the task in hand - no-one is allowed to rule the roost, sure they take turns, sure they show their individual prowess and sure there's instrumental interplay but, in the end, Storm Warning are a band built on fantastic musicianship, understanding and mutual appreciation and respect - Storm Warning are a stylish and mature blues combo dishing out stunning electric blues of the highest order.
'Something Real' by Storm Warning is a sublime piece of modern electric blues, cool and sophisticated, just about as good as it gets and totally on the button!! Brilliant!!
Peter J Brown aka toxic pete
Where Blues Meets Rock
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