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Blood Red Sun - A Nation Of Saviors
Man, do I love my alternative music. Going through stacks of cds and being objective is fun and I enjoy it, but hearing an album that I would have purchased is what makes my job great. Blood Red Sun are today's Afghan Wigs. I don't know what that means to anyone else, but believe me, it is a compliment. Nation Of Saviors opens with the tragic "It Gets You Nowhere", a song that exhibits both control and chaos in even strokes. "Pray For Rain" is found dance in dark clothes in a dimly lit room. Here the band draws some easy compression to Interpol and Editors, but going back to the Afghan Wigs in the 90's, they were there first. Well, I guess it was Joy Division, but Afghan Wigs brought the America soul into the doom and gloom tapestries of British rock and roll. The music is tight and the vocal delivery is passionate, almost even more charming when singer Jason Nadeau's voice becomes uneven because of the power of his delivery. While the vocals shine, Blood Red Sun are a unit that's success is based around all parts of the band working evenly together.

Like most rock bands, the last track is saved for that experimental "what will our next album sound like" song, Blood Red Sun deliver the album's most atmospheric piece with "Icarus". Matching the feel of this track alongside the raging rhythms of songs like "Love Letter" and "What Remains", Blood Red Sun deliver the goods throughout. Something about the energy elevates the album above most even at its lowest points. Not many bands on the darker side of rock and roll can attribute sheer moxie to their credits, but for Blood Red Sun it all seems natural.
Justin Scro -- 4 1/2 stars