Philip Sayce – Innerevolution (Provogue Records).
Born in Wales and raised in Canada, Philip Sayce was immersed in music from a very young age. Influenced by those such as Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray you would have expected him to come out as an all guns blazing blues guitarist but that’s only a part of the Philip Sayce armoury. Innerevolution is his second album since leaving Melissa Etheridge’s band and the opening track, Changes is a strong one, with expansive rock sounds. It’s a good, driving song and his guitar work is excellent. The follow up, Scars, has a great riff and it chugs along very well – Lenny Kravitz comes to mind. The snappy Bitter Monday (is that not every Monday that you have to go to work?) has pounding drums, from Matchbox 20s Ryan MacMillan) announcing the arrival of Sayce’s guitar before going off onto the realms of pop-rock. Anymore is slower than most of the albums opening tracks and this power ballad compares well in a genre that is difficult to be innovative in. This succeeds and Sayce’s voice has the requisite power to carry it off. Take You Away is raucous power pop with fuzzed guitars adding to the wall of sound and has Sayce letting rip on a number of fronts.
Daydream Tonight is the obligatory ballad and this piano-led softie could quite easily be boy band chart material. It’s no surprise that he includes Richard Marx amongst his co-writers on this album. He rips it up again for My Pearl and this pulsating, melodic rocker sets him apart for the other artists on the Provogue label. The power trio set up suits his classy guitar style. Tennessee Girl is a gritty rocker and Are You Ready has a big production and a singalong feel with his guitar getting a good going over on both. Gimme Some More has frenetic drumming and the whole thing tips more than a nod to Hendrix. Little Miss America is an epic to finish with. At over 8 minutes long it will stretch you to your limits but the throbbing grooves and Hendrix overtones will satisfy more than most.
http://www.philipsayce.com/
http://www.provoguerecords.com/
David Blue.
Born in Wales and raised in Canada, Philip Sayce was immersed in music from a very young age. Influenced by those such as Eric Clapton, BB King, Buddy Guy and Robert Cray you would have expected him to come out as an all guns blazing blues guitarist but that’s only a part of the Philip Sayce armoury. Innerevolution is his second album since leaving Melissa Etheridge’s band and the opening track, Changes is a strong one, with expansive rock sounds. It’s a good, driving song and his guitar work is excellent. The follow up, Scars, has a great riff and it chugs along very well – Lenny Kravitz comes to mind. The snappy Bitter Monday (is that not every Monday that you have to go to work?) has pounding drums, from Matchbox 20s Ryan MacMillan) announcing the arrival of Sayce’s guitar before going off onto the realms of pop-rock. Anymore is slower than most of the albums opening tracks and this power ballad compares well in a genre that is difficult to be innovative in. This succeeds and Sayce’s voice has the requisite power to carry it off. Take You Away is raucous power pop with fuzzed guitars adding to the wall of sound and has Sayce letting rip on a number of fronts.
Daydream Tonight is the obligatory ballad and this piano-led softie could quite easily be boy band chart material. It’s no surprise that he includes Richard Marx amongst his co-writers on this album. He rips it up again for My Pearl and this pulsating, melodic rocker sets him apart for the other artists on the Provogue label. The power trio set up suits his classy guitar style. Tennessee Girl is a gritty rocker and Are You Ready has a big production and a singalong feel with his guitar getting a good going over on both. Gimme Some More has frenetic drumming and the whole thing tips more than a nod to Hendrix. Little Miss America is an epic to finish with. At over 8 minutes long it will stretch you to your limits but the throbbing grooves and Hendrix overtones will satisfy more than most.
http://www.philipsayce.com/
http://www.provoguerecords.com/
David Blue.
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