Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, The Redwalls are a four piece consisting of brothers vocalist/guitarist Logan (22) and bassist/vocalist Justin (20) Baren, their neighborhood buddy guitarist Justin Langer(20) and drummer Ben Greeno(21). Judging by their ages, a listener may assume that the boys play punk. However, The Redwalls seem to have skipped over that period and jumped straight back to emulating bands like The Kinks, The Stones, and The Beatles. This is defnitely a throwback type of band. Thumbs up to them in that department.
De Nova is a solid major label debut. Logan Baren emulates John Lennon strongly at points, especially on back-to-back tracks "Hung Up On The Way I'm Feeling" and "On My Way." It was nice to see some horns in tracks like "Robinson Crusoe" and "Thank You," and the album ends on a early Beatles-like-Twist-and-Shout-ish mode on the aptly named (you guessed it) "Rock & Roll."
Like I said, it's a solid debut. However, It seems more like a covers band. The have the emulating knob turned way up to 11. I would have wanted to hear songs that are distinctly them. Although, this could just be it. But then again, nothing wrong with that.
Rating: 7/10 Shakas.
Get these: Robinson Crusoe, Thank You.
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