 
When Slaves To gravity burst on the scene with
their debut album ‘Scatter The Crow’
back in 2008 I was instantly impressed with their
good honest stadium rock sound, the album was
crafted with 13 perfectly sounding songs which
had a slight Soundgarden, Audioslave, Chris Cornell
edge running through them and it helped bring
a lot of success to the band.
Over the past 18months things have been very quiet
on the Slaves To Gravity front but that has been
because they have been busy working on their second
studio album ‘Underwaterouterspace’
which has just been released on SPV Records which
can only mean positive things for Slaves To Gravity
as their debut album was released on their own
low key record label but by having the backing
of SPV Records there is a lot more potential for
getting there album out to a wide variety of people.
‘Underwaterouterspace’ is very much
like the Slaves To Gravity that we all grew to
love with their debut album ‘Scatter The
Crow’, but this time around you can clearly
tell that Slaves To Gravity have been busy at
work behind the scenes as ‘Underwaterouterspace’
clearly shows signs of a band who have evolved
and is crammed with 11 hard hitting rock anthems.
The album opens with the two most recently singles
that Slaves To Gravity have released ‘Good
Advice’ and ‘Honesty’ and both
of these tracks showcase just how good Slaves
To Gravity are, the killer guitar solos throughout
‘Good Advice’ will really put a smile
on your face whilst the bouncy basslines and rocking
chorus during ‘Honesty’ will leave
you begging for more but don’t worry as
9 more tracks of greatness are still waiting for
you.
The guitar work throughout the album is stunning
and at times you can clearly see elements of Alter
Bridge and Soundgarden shining through which are
two bands which Slaves To Gravity really look
up to, the vocals from frontman Tommy Gleeson
have a real unique feel about them and stand out
ever so well and as soon as the chorus kicks in
during the majority of the songs you just know
that you are in for a clear cut sing-a-long ride.
Take ‘She’s Got Big Plans’ for
example, the song really does thrive on chunky
guitar riffs but at the same time the vocals from
Tommy Gleeson just makes everything fit and sound
ever so perfect especially during the chorus.
‘Unknown’ is another track which follows
on this formula ever so well with the chorus being
one of the catchiest on the album and it is moments
like this which really do make Slaves To Gravity
one of the stand out English rock bands around
at the moment.
There are a couple of slow moments on the album
such as ‘Silence Now’ and ‘This
Time It Is Terminal’ and even with the instrumental
work toned down ever so slightly Slaves To Gravity
prove that they can still rock out in a soft radio
friendly way.
Most albums these days feature many filler songs
or get a bit weak sounding towards the end but
this is so not the case with ‘Underwaterouterspace’
and I guess the time that Slaves To Gravity have
taken away from the scene to create the album
has pretty much guaranteed that you are going
to love the album from start to finish as ‘Underwaterouterspace’
is one fantastic diverse stadium rock ride.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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