Sons Of Liberty – ‘Aces & Eights’

(Independent)

Sons of Liberty are full on southern rock and display all those core elements needed in their song writing to excite genre fans, a big dose of the blues, a dollop of americana and even a touch of Country. It’s rambunctious and unapologetic dirty blues hard rock best enjoyed with a few jars of moonshine. Given the swaggering hard rock boogie of Sons of Liberty I can see them easily ppealing to fans of non-southern bands like Thunder and The Quireboys!

Hailing from the South West of the UK you’d think the band would naturally veer towards more obvious UK classic rock influences like Zeppelin or Foghat, but no these guys are graduates from the Lynyrd Skynyrd school of rock. Vocalist Rob Cooksley has a tremendous booming powerful vocal which just slaps these songs into your head and evokes memories of all those classic southern bands of yester year.

I’m really impressed with ‘Aces and Eights’ it’s undeniably enjoyable and really makes me smile. The whole tone of the album from the swaggering riffs, the southern attitude and those smokey vocals and so much more gets right under your skin. I found myself falling in love with these songs really quickly and I wouldn’t really call myself a southern rock fan even though I obviously like all the classics like most classic rockers do. Sons of Liberty are a very easy band to like, they have that sort of charm Thunder have and I can see them having a dedicated following.

It’s clear all these songs will be awesome performed live, the energy and swagger make me instantly think they’ll deliver a killer party rock night out! They aren’t a ‘party’ band they are far more credible than that term would imply but I can see gatherings for these guys getting really wet and messy with plenty of moshing towards the end of the night!

If you’re a fan of southern rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and even 38 Special, then ‘Aces and Eights’ should get your juices flowing. Hard to believe these guys are British they sound so much like their influences you’d think they hailed from the American south themselves. A top-notch quality release which should have southern rock fans waving their flags but it also has a broader appeal and will be enjoyed by any rocker into their blues-based rock.

Review by Woody