St. Phillip's Escalator - Endless Trip... (Living Eye Records 2006)

 

Christened after an Amboy Dukes song, St. Phillip's Escalator performs a blazing brand of rock and roll that's toasted on top, fried in the middle and charbroiled around the edges. Composed of lead singer and guitarist Ryan Moore, bassist Noel Wilfread and drummer, organist and vocalist Zachary Koch, the New York trio obviously owes a debt to the hard-wired sounds of the late sixties and early seventies.
Endless Trip marks the band's first album, and firmly illustrates what crafty tunesmiths they are. The record contains all original material, which swaggers, bristles and shakes with seizing arrangements and whirling melodies. Armed with an attitude screaming with fire and purpose, St. Phillip's Escalator may play music that's brash and hairy, but their execution is concise and nary a note is wasted.

Guided by a taunting snarl similar to that of Dave Aguilar of The Chocolate Watchband, cuts like "Tell Me More," "Catching Your Back," "Leave Your Colors Behind," "Cross the Line," "Don't Stop Me Anymore" and "Beneath My Eyes" are matched by burning guitar chords and throbbing drum beats galore. Riveting rhythms that bend and pull with exuberance are also part of the scenario, and the final track on the disc, "Shadows" is designed of a tribal psychedelic scent.

Greg Prevost and Andy Babiuk of The Chesterfield Kings manned the boards on Endless Trip, so not surprisingly, their tough and tattered touch is visible throughout the album. Powerful and intense, St. Phillip's Escalator has gotten off to a great start and I look forward to hearing more from them in the very near future.   -Source

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