Whales and leeches

"Red Fang certainly sounds good on Whales and Leeches, with the production of the Decemberists multi-instrumentalist Chris Funk again giving their instruments ample breadth and weight. But they do not match that surface with substance. The songs you'll want to take away after repeated listens are scant, and the sense that the players are enjoying or testing themselves is nil. Worse still, Whales and Leeches doesn't make the case for any aesthetic approach that Red Fang can call their own".

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"On their third album, Red Fang unleash an album hell-bent on taking the world back to a time before stoner metal got lost in outer space with Whales and Leeches. Offering up a skuzzier, more thoroughly beer-soaked and shirtless take on early Mastodon, the Portland, Oregon band deliver an album that manages to get psychedelic without abandoning the non-stop riff-fests that made their first two albums such a welcome change of pace".

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