August 6, 2004

MACCA


Album Review: By Divine Right

SWEET CONFUSION
By DARRYL STERDAN



SWEET CONFUSION
By Divine Right
(Linus/Warner)

Call it Divine inspiration. On second thought, better make that Divine perspiration.

For his latest disc Sweet Confusion, By Divine Right mastermind Jose Miguel Contreras gets in touch with his inner guitar god and exercises his divine right to rock.

Scaling back the experimental pop and warm 'n' fuzzy textures that diluted his other discs, Contreras keeps it simple, stupid -- he plugs in his axe, cranks up the amp and kicks out the jams on 14 strong, fat-free cuts.

Along the way, he churns out more choogling '60s glam licks, greasy '70s rock riffs and crunchy '80s power-pop hooks than a one-man K-Tel collection, spurring his latest version of BDR through their leanest, meanest and cleanest disc to date.

Here and there, Contreras even plays good Samaritan, letting his bandmates write and take the mic more than ever before.

Proving that for once, there seems to be a method to Contreras's divine madness.

Track Listing
1. Devil Chaser
2. Slap
3. I Can't Do This By Myself
4. Sweet Confusion
5. All Over It!
6. Semi White Boy
7. Chinchilla Deluxe
8. Soul 2000
9. City City
10. Listen to My Angels
11. Soft Machine
12. Wheels Slow
13. Pearl
14. Floating Away
 


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