{"id":13750,"date":"2014-10-08T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13750"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:51:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:51:24","slug":"album-review-zodiac-sonic-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13750","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Zodiac &#8211; Sonic Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Zodiac \u2013 Sonic Child<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Release Date: September 19, 2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Label: Napalm Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zodiac\u2019s 2014 release Sonic Child just about got swept under the rug and buried by other releases but thanks to my list making skills, I noticed that this one totally got missed. The minute I popped this one in I thought to myself, \u201cWhy don\u2019t I listen to these guys more?\u201d The minute the album kicked in with it\u2019s spacey psychedelic funk intro of \u201cWho Am I\u201d I scratched my head and thought, \u201cIs this the same band?\u201d Well, the minute \u201cSwinging on the Run\u201d kicked in I just felt this wave of bliss hit me as I just smiled and realized that I was hearing something really fucking special.<\/p>\n<p>The title track \u201cSonic Child\u201d is a hefty dose of psychedelic rock n\u2019 roll that can best be described as The Cult meets Black Sabbath with Mark Lanegan on lead vocals. There is absolutely nothing that sucks about this. \u201cHolding On\u201d is a warm, fuzz laden guitargasm with a groove that made me feel as if I was cruising the desert in search of something. Where the fuck did that come from? I have no idea but hey, I just call it like I hear it. \u201cSad Song\u201d is a Mark Lanegan ballad all the way with its whiskey soaked vocals and dark, brooding undertone. In a time where it seems like so many bands are sounding like Black Sabbath, I find it really fucking cool and different that something comes along sounding like one of my all-time favorite singers\u2019 material.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Zf3qYnqfHI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong, while they are very reminiscent of Lanegan, Zodiac\u2019s songs are all their own. Their songs are infectious, well written, and as a whole Sonic Child is one hell of a listening experience. Matter of fact, this album is so fucking good it sent me going back to their previous releases which are just as great. Sonic Child is a plethora of face melting, sonic blues\/fuzz driven no frills rock n\u2019 roll. This is without a doubt one of my favorite albums of 2014 and it literally came out of nowhere for me. It\u2019s discovering bands like this that make me so excited to do what I do. Zodiac is a band I will be keep a close eye on and an ear to the wall for. You must get some of this in your ears, head, and heart. You\u2019ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zodiac \u2013 Sonic Child Release Date: September 19, 2014 Label: Napalm Records Zodiac\u2019s 2014 release Sonic Child just about got swept under the rug and buried by other releases but thanks to my list making skills, I noticed that this one totally got missed. The minute I popped this one in I thought to myself, \u201cWhy don\u2019t I listen to these guys more?\u201d The minute the album kicked in with it\u2019s spacey psychedelic funk intro of \u201cWho Am I\u201d I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[1231],"class_list":["post-13750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-zodiac"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19752,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13750\/revisions\/19752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}