{"id":17252,"date":"2017-09-03T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17252"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:49:23","slug":"album-review-travelin-jack-commencing-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17252","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Travelin&#8217; Jack &#8211; Commencing Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Travelin&#8217; Jack &#8211; Commencing Countdown<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Release Date:<\/strong> September 8, 2017<br \/>\n<strong>Label<\/strong>: Steamhammer\/SPV<\/p>\n<p>Travelin\u2019 Jack is one of those bands that when I saw the band name, I kind of had an idea of what I thought this band would sound like and while I was close, I wasn\u2019t quite prepared for cosmic space rock sound that these Berlin-based cats were about to unload on me.\u00a0 Travelin\u2019 Jack (comprised of guitarist\u00a0 Flo \u00b4The Fly` Kraemer, vocalist Alia Spaceface, bassist Steve Burner and drummer Montgomery Shell) totally caught me off guard and pleasantly surprised with their 2017 release Commencing Countdown.<\/p>\n<p>Travelin\u2019 Jack is a band that scratches many itches for me.\u00a0 Land of the River\u201d has this kind of Led Zeppelin meets Black Sabbath groove to it while\u00a0 \u201cCold Blood\u201d harkens back to the classic, gritty, street cred days of classic KISS and \u201cMiracles\u201d taps into a cosmic Runaways kind of vibe.\u00a0 The mellow early Fleetwood Mac (Peter Greene era) inspiration on \u201cWhat Have I Done\u201d made this song the absolute show stopper for me and Ms. Spaceface really lets loose on this one and showcases the attitude, passion, and over all \u201cfeel\u201d in her already expressive voice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5h4xrD0zbdQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All in all, Travelin\u2019 Jack is a really fucking special band and a band that I am so grateful was brought to my attention.\u00a0 Travelin\u2019 Jack embodies the sounds of so many bands that I love; Zeppelin, Graveyard, Horisont, Hawkwind, Ziggy Stardust\u2026 I could go on forever.\u00a0 Commencing Countdown is a modern cosmic space rock masterpiece for a whole generation that may have missed it the first time and for a generation that remembers it from afar and needed to be reminded that it was still around.\u00a0 Commencing Countdown is a melting pot of cosmic rock and roll guaranteed to take you some place. 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