>I heard on the radio that there are 45’ waves out there in the ocean, thanks to this bloody hurricane that’s going to come and send us all to Oz. The good thing is that you don’t need to go to Maine or New Hampshire or the Cape this weekend for your fun. You just have to make it to O’Brien’s in Allston this Saturday night, when I think everything will be done (storm-wise) anyway. There’s a pretty sweet show going on there, with 66 Breakout, Tired Old Bones, Hotblack and today’s featured artist, Infernal Overdrive, featuring former members of Quintaine Americana and (yes, wait for it… wait for it…) Cracktorch. I said it! You heard it. Do it.
Infernal Overdrive – "I-95"
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All of the work going on the highways puts the song named after the highway into an odd place. Usually, we’d be all "Oh, I-95! I know that place! Burlington Mall! Dumb and Dumber! Sweet!" But I was stuck on 95 Monday night just trying to go to Hockeytown in Saugus. I was sitting in the Millennium Falcon, listening to satellite radio and cursing stimulus money and highway projects. It was a grinding, slow moving affair. "Grinding" isn’t even the right term. It was locked. What I could have used was a rising, moving sound to break free of the gridlock and get some real movement back into the trip. I could have used Infernal Overdrive’s "I-95."
If the actual highway moved like Infernal Overdrive’s "I-95," the world would be a better place. "I-95" shifts into gear almost immediately, fueled on its long haul by a gnarly, right-center rhythm guitar. Other guitar tracks on the song shift lanes and speeds, but, like a person who is skilled at being followed on the highway, the rhythm guitar drives a straight and solid line. It knows where it’s going and doesn’t veer off any crazy directions without providing adequate signalling first.
"I-95" rocks hard but not out of control. It is reminiscent of the guitar-driven hard rock of years gone by, but retains some modern sensibilities as well. This is very good, because it would be easy for this song to take a bad turn and end up in an antiquated pothole. It does not. instead, the catchy chorus steers true and the entire vehicle reaches its destination in style, without incident and without any pesky lane dropping.
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