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Snake Thursday - Iter (2014)

After making a strong impression with their 2012 debut, Cruise Mode, the Polish desert rock group of Snake Thursday is back once more with plenty of fuel for their continued trip.  With fuzzed-out guitar and slamming bass, their new batch of songs thunders along like an eighteen-wheeler stocked with the greatest dirty rock hits of the last four decades, visiting new locations while staying true to their roots, and generating plenty of smoke and rumbling noise in the process.  Snake Thursday have tapped into a real sweet spot between their own flavor and that of more traditional heavy rock, making this one sure to please fans of the genre in any form.
Picking out favorite tracks is difficult, since it's so tempting to just point to the album as a whole as an answer, but I've got to admit that the quick, concentrated get-down dig of "More Than Human" had my tongue virtually hanging out in admiration of Snake Thursday's style.  Whether they're stretching out some guitar licks or plunging into convergent riff intensity, the band knows how to work their instruments into a near-psychedelic lather of bluesy grooves, hard rock with the cheese carved off, and bleary effects-driven washes of ear canal-drenching delight.
Thanks to a firm grasp of how to ramp up momentum over the course of the album, Snake Thursday manages to keep things hopping right through to the end, with the 10-minute "Cosmogonist's Apprentice" delivering a toothsome finish to the headlong rush.  Another retroactive inclusion for the 2014 Top 20, for sure.  I was a little surprised that the album's not already out on vinyl (you can currently get a download or one of the 500 CD copies directly from the band), but I fully expect one of the savvier labels to license these guys for wax release before the year is done.  Turn your ears to Snake Thursday, sit back, and enjoy.
~ Gabriel

For Fans Of;    Blood Farmers, Mondo Drag, Kyuss, Tuber, Acid Elephant

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Snake Thursday - More Than Human (320 kbps)

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Snakes…Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?

Snake Thursday - Cruise Mode (2012)

I was sitting around with some friends this weekend, just a regular hang out session- eating pizza while listening to music followed by jam sessions and video games in the band room. But while we were eating I put on this band “Snake Thursday” and it suddenly got very quiet as everybody in the room was attentively listening to the fuzzy riffs and crashing cymbals galore (we couldn’t listen to the bass much ‘cause we were playing it on my iPhone’s tiny little speakers). Then, I looked at one of my friends, pizza in hand, and said “Dude, we’re such stoners!” and of course, everybody in the room starts laughing. I really enjoyed this album, “Cruise Mode” has a very southern stoner foundation but with some definite metal and punk influences sprinkled on top. They execute a good conversion between fast punk chord blasting to laid back stoner rock riffs, all tied together by a great and uplifting vocalist. The mixing is pretty damn good, I can hear each separate instrument clearly and the playing styles each have different characteristics.
I’m nuts about this album cover, it’s so simple and yet so god-damn perfect! It’s all in a little detail in the middle of the image. I can’t believe I didn’t see it before, well, probably because I downloaded the album and put it in my iTunes, where the album covers get tiny little thumbnails. I’m not going to ruin it for those who haven’t paid attention, but it’s the definite cherry on the top of the sundae that makes the album name and cover art become one.
Snake Thursday’s Cruise Mode is available in their bandcamp page for free, so get while their hot!
~Bernardo

For Fans Of; Orange Goblin, Dozer, Supertzar, Shock Absorber, Greenleaf

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Cruise Mode (320kbps)