Norway, time and again Norway… How does this small country with its not even 5 million inhabitants manage to establish so many great bands? In a country where the sun doesn’t rise in winter and doesn’t set in summer (at least in the northern part of the kingdom). Germany has over 16 times as many inhabitants, yet it lags far behind the Scandinavians, especially the Norwegians, when it comes to outstanding bands….
With SMOKE MOHAWK, however, the Norwegians show that there are not only great bands above the Arctic Circle. The conditions were very good to generate another outstanding rock band, as two guys from GLUECIFER, Rolf Yngve Uggen and Danny Young, are in the band. However, the SMOKE MOHAWK sound bears little resemblance to the awesome sound of GLUECIFER, TURBONEGRO, or similar bands on their second album, following the debut "The dogs are turning red" from 2010. This slow stoner rock with its typical 70s glam-psychedelic rock is rather boring, as the songs just glide along. Sure, musically the five guys have it, but these 42 minutes are rather sleep-inducing. Fans of this music will love this album, but I do not….
Perhaps the booklet would have been something positive, but unfortunately, I do not have that available L
