It's All A Blur

Fire Devine (featuring members of The June Spirit and A Life Once Lost) has achieved the rare feat of bringing that blustery, guttural sound normally confined to smoky bars and dank clubs to compact disc, sans sheen. This debut, "It's All a Blur," features roaring guitars teeming with hammer, stomp, and bite to spare. There's something to be said for a vocalist like Ian Musgrove, a singer who can instill incalculable passion into a song with absolutely no pretense. Opener "Clark And Rightwood" leaves no questions unanswered -- with its guitar revs straight out of Hell's Angels and Ian Musgrove's visceral, emotional vocals. "Reputation Outlives Application" could rightly be described as melodic mayhem, amalgamating bullet-train rhythms, low-key strumming, and mid-tempo fireworks. Sure, it's easy enough to hear music. But how often do you actually FEEL it like this?