Crooked Flower: Into the Light
Crooked Flower
Into the Light
(Crooked Flower)
A Santana-like swirly guitar lead and the solid percussion groove of âDancing,â begins Berkeley-based Crooked Flowerâs new album Into the Light. With the scary guitar echo trilling of âSearch Warrantâ following into the stuttering rockinâ of âFreedom,â itâs obvious that this is a 4-piece that has something to say.
I love the jumpy groove to âAround and Around,â the white reggae of â10 Million Seeds,â (my favorite here), and the dirty lead guitar on âFalling,â makes for another great tune.
âOwn World,â really turns Into the Light on its ear. Piano tinkling, brush-shuffling beat; itâs a torch song ender that showcases Angelina Dangâs vocals better than any tune here. Itâs another highlight of these eight. The jamming out to the end is super cool.
Iâm not sure I am sold on lots of what sound like the same sounds (especially from the guitar) of Crooked Flowerâs arsenal. This is why I was so taken with the last tune âOwn World,â as it sounded so unlike everything else, by the time I came to it my ears were loving the difference. Still, thereâs a lot of solid songwriting and tight playing here from Daniel Erik on bass, Dan Ingberman on guitar, and the wonderful drumming and percussive maneuvering of Patrick Shields. Angelina Dang singing over the top completes a pretty tight unit.