1st track is the title single ‘Feed My Soul’ which starts with a slightly misleading Linkin Park style staccato guitar with that terribly overused electronic piano sound, before the drums kick us into a brilliant, brilliant song. Cue a larger than life Muse-style riff that crushes its way into the quieter, even darker verse, before exploding again into an almost Chili Peppers reminiscent, group chorus. It’s just what you’d expect from Voodoo Six. No-holds-barred, in your face Rock ‘n’ Roll complete with crazy tattoos, over the top guitar solos and drunken one nighters in a hotel room with 5 strippers and a big ol’ bag of marijuana. Harry Rundell’s voice adapts to everything the song throws at him, raw and almost soulful in the verses, then as big as Axl’s used to be before those corn rows weighed him down. Stick this on your stereo at full volume, no other way to listen to it really.
‘Jam the Sun’ however delivers a different side of the Six. We get a toned down version of the song, played acoustically, with Rundell getting everything he can from his voice. The song still, however, remains powerful. It’s got the edge that comes from the almost melancholic style it’s played in. The quiet Spanish guitar line gives the track a real atmosphere of passion, emphasised by the entrance of the strings in he chorus. It’s not until the end of the track though that we see the real song-writing talent of Voodoo Six, as the band smashes into a reprise of the chorus in full electric glory. The final minute or so really hits you after the softer and more intricate style that’s preceded it. The drums take us into a classic but experimentally dark solo that continues into an epic and uplifting tremolo into the final section of this great song. A real treat.
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