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"This
song gets me going every time I hear it. It is a permanent fixture
on
my
radio program." —
Jack Harris (Captain Jack)
Keith
Hannaleck/Musik Reviews
Don’t
you wish you had your own Pet Buffalo? Well… probably not, but I
do have something better; a band with that peculiar (eccentric)
name, and the best part about it is they are high-grade.
Their
new release Independent
Variable is
loaded with emotionally drenched bluesy rock and folk tracks. The
lead singer, Teri Hitt, has a voice that dares you to listen and
then listen again. She beckons you with her smooth vibrato and you
begin to fall into the words. Once you are in the middle of it all
there is no turning back. It’s the kind of album I would want to
make.
The
music presented here is a combination of rock, blues and folk. It
all leans more towards an earthy blues rock feel, but the folk element
remains a constant thread running through each track and it serves
as a jumping off point into the different styles. In addition to
singing, Hitt plays the acoustic guitar while Christopher Mark (piano,
vocals), Aaron Stephen Chu (electric guitars), Dave Waller (bass),
and Andrew Shreve (drums) fill out group. Chu plays some smokin’
licks while the keyboards of Mark complement his stinging leads.
And what would all of this great music be without a solid rhythm
section to move it all along? The rhythm is spot-on courtesy of
Walker and Shreve (spelling is similar to the early Santana drummer).
It
is important to lead off with an energetic track, and that is the
case here as “Free Yourself” churns out and gets your heart pumping
with a driving organ, guitars, and rhythm section. This, however,
does not set the precedence for the pace of the album. At times
stepping back and mellowing out to sound more Folk-Americana and
then reverting to a more upbeat and heavier blues-rock tone is the
way this band goes about their work, with moods shifting as each
track progresses. The steaming track “Silence” starts with more
of a downbeat feel, and then has a crankin’ break at about 2:50
when Chu gets the opportunity to strut his stuff. This becomes common
ground throughout this release.
New
Orleans/Gatwick UK/Austrailia
I
particularly liked the blues feel of Expectation. It reminds me
of the feel of 60's and 70's music like Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie
Raitt. Teri has a strong voice that carries the meoldy easily with
a feel that makes repeated listening a must.
—Common
NonSenSense
NRG
107FM Gatwick UK and Fringe radio in Sidney Austalia.
“fun”
“Boisterous,
Bravado, Carefree, Druggy,Freewheeling, Fun, Light, Spacey, Spiritual,
Trippy, Wistful, Yearning. I like these guys, and that they play
a genre that's not too heavily covered these days.
“Really
like them. Sweet”
Song
of the Month: The Letter
*Dave
Tallent
Pet
Buffalo's independent debut release, Independent Variable, is R&B
tinged folk rock with luscious Hammond B-3 organ and Fender Rhodes
keyboard noises everywhere. Singer/guitarist Teri Hitt is stunning
on so many levels. Recommended.
More To Come .
. .