Kenneth W. (Eyesore) from TAUNTON, MA
Reviewed on 12/4/2007...
For those who don't know, Chris Caffrey is the guitarist for Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He recently released his first solo album entitled "Faces" -- which is excellent, by the way -- and this is the second single released from that album. The single is sold as an EP and it features three unreleased tracks, one track only available elsewhere on the first single for "The Mold" -- which includes another unreleased track -- and three album tracks. The title song is probably my least favorite from the full length CD. It's a bluesy, southern rock type of song and not representative of the rest of the music on the CD, which is a mixture of early Savatage-type metal and old school rock.
Chris handles all vocal duties. He's not the greatest vocalist around, but he is good and quite capable, comparable to Savatage mastermind Jon Oliva's gruff, abrasive style. The unreleased songs are good, but nothing spectacular, and one is simply a radio edit of the album track "Pisses Me Off." (I don't understand the point of making a radio edit of a song that's not even the single, but whatever.)
This is a good EP to grab for fans of Chris Caffrey and his other aforementioned bands, but I'd suggest you first pick up the limited release of "Faces" with the full-length album "God Damn War" as a bonus. If you then want to pick up this EP, go for it, but you're not missing much.
Website: http://www.chriscaffrey.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/chriscaffery