Album Review: All Nine Yards - Blue (2020)
Picture Credit: All Nine Yards All Nine Yards - Blue Release: August 14, 2020 Label: Frozen Heart Music Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 46:30 Genre: Alternative Rock / Post-Grunge Origin: Bielefeld / Gütersloh , Germany "Blue" is the first longplayer by Northwest Germany's quintet All Nine Yards. The band was formed in 2017 and has since then released a four-track demo (2018) and their six-track " Silver EP " (2019). Consequently, the 2020 LP has eight... no, it doesn't - "Blue" contains a dozen tracks. The music on "Blue" can best be described as Alternative Rock with a modern version of Grunge. The dark atmosphere of late 1990s Rock is wrapped up in a modern, boppy, danceable package. The instruments change between distorted and crunchy sounds on the one hand, and pinchig electronic glitches on the other. The latter effect may then and when remind of late-day Linkin Park. "Blue" makes me wonder if this is the kind of...