Dead Confederate's self-titled EP opens with "Memorial Day Night," an acoustic piece that sets the emotional tone, but not the sound, for the rest of the disc. The jarring guitar chords at the start of "The Rat" dispel any notion that the remainder of Dead Confederate will be as calm as the beginning, but the band's bleak, melancholy tone survives intact. The tune's rhythm section, weary verses, and hard-edged chorus gives it an uncanny resemblance to the Cranberries' "Zombie" -- an odd similarity, given t...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Dead Confederate mine a mix of haunting Southern rock and angst-driven grunge on Wrecking Ball, the band's debut album. At its best, Wrecking Ball mires itself in a swamp of spacey guitars and raw vocals, evoking the deep-space atmospherics of Pink Floyd while remaining rooted in the American South. Wrecking Ball is a dark, angry affair filled with minor chords and fuzzy guitar riffs; its biggest asset, then, is the band's contrasting love for vintage stoner rock. When grunge and psychedelia ...   [ read more ]

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Dead Confederate mine a mix of haunting Southern rock and angst-driven grunge on Wrecking Ball, the band's debut album. At its best, Wrecking Ball mires itself in a swamp of spacey guitars and raw vocals, evoking the deep-space atmospherics of Pink Floyd while remaining rooted in the American South. Wrecking Ball is a dark, angry affair filled with minor chords and fuzzy guitar riffs; its biggest asset, then, is the band's contrasting love for vintage stoner rock. When grunge and psychedelia combine, Dead ...   [ read more ]

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