Day Street Brothel - Self Titled
Here is one album where the live show compares exactly to the album version of the songs. Usually the live version of the songs sound a little off and you can tell what has and what hasn’t been tweaked in the control room but when you put in this album and watch their live show there is not one lick of difference.
The Day Street Brothel is a guitar and vocal driven band. If the vocals were to change or the guitars were to change at all I think the band would be hurting in a big way. When you listen to the album you probably will not get over the vocals or the guitars at all they are top notch and especially when the album was self funded. The vocals have a variety of influences that all blend together to give their songs one hell of a punch. A couple of the influences include Godsmack, Metallica, and a little bit of eighties and nineties metal.
For a first album The Day Street Brothel put on a full album worth of songs instead of a E.P. The album contains 15 songs and only one is a cover song which is a Seven Mary Three song Cumbersome.
“Cumbersome” is one of my many favourite songs off of the album. The Day Street Brothel brings Justus to the song. The band didn’t really change anything in the song but to me it sounds a lot different when Doug adds his vocals and the heavier guitars the song goes into a new level. Basically they took a great song and made it better.
“Revolving Door” is probably the easiest song to get into on the album. The bass level of the song is kept at a nice deep level. The song rips right into your ears it takes a couple of seconds for the song to get into the groove but when it does you know. The main riff of the song is really catchy and with the addition of Doug’s out of the blue guitar riffs this song is easily my favourite original song off the album. The vocals also have a different vibe to them as well, they seem to be a little deeper in this song than other the other songs. I also like how there is the addition of backing vocals; they add that little bit extra to the song.
Now I have heard and have read my fair share of song titles some that I have liked and some that I haven’t liked but when I came across the fourteenth track titled Knockin On Her Back Door.
And then there is the song called Pink Goodie Boxxx. Pink Goodie Boxxx is now a new classic song title in my mind. Not forgetting to mention that the song title is awesome so is the song that goes along with it. The backing vocals really hold their own in the song they have the Kiss touch to them. The tempo of the song is a little slower compared to the other songs off the album but the heaviness of the song makes up for it. Doug also doesn’t let the song go untouched without his added guitar solos.
You can pick up your copy of The Day Street Brothel at any of their shows or you can hop over to their website and follow the links www.daystreetbrothel.com.