You know, Canada has been home to a lot of great music - Rush, Cancer Bats, Alexisonfire, Billy Talent, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young - and, after all of this, they just don't want to stop fuelling great music. And, luckily for rock fans, they've found another offering nestled within their borders. That band is Monster Truck.
'Furiosity' doesn't pull any punches for a debut, this is a band riding on hard rock damnation. 'Old Train' has a bluesy swing in its midst, and it almost feels like you've given Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan a more gravelly tone to his voice, but then it clicks. 'Power of the People' rings of Black Stone Cherry and Chris Robertson's booming vocal command and, luckily, they are fantastic, so the similarity can only really enhance an already established powerhouse of rock sound.
This band cut to the chase with their music, and it's never dull, middle-of-the-road territory. From the salacious groove of 'Sweet Mountain River' to the shrill guitar introduction of 'Oh Lord', which leads into a quirk bounce, Monster Truck ram so much soulful slants into their music that it creates big, bold hits. 'The Giant' is a real curveball - grungy and a real throwback in styles. No one should name a song 'Boogie' unless you're going to pull out the big guns and make the track a shaker; this is clearly a notion the band are familiar with us the unrelenting chug of their guitar work is taken up a notch to suit.
Apparently there are some complaints that they've lost some metal influence that doused their EPs, instead opting for catchier, poppier choruses. From a newcomer's point of view, this is no bad thing - there's evident influence from the heavier side of things, but it's that bluesy crunch that really sells it on a personal level. This creates the same feeling as first discovering both Black Stone Cherry and Rival Sons, both of whom are spectacular bands. And with the likes of 'Undercover Love' featuring a narrative that seems as slick and quirky as Jesse 'Boots Electric' Hughes' drawl, it immediately makes the band seem a likeable bunch of guys on top of things.
This is just a great album. If you like hard rock with a neat catchiness, or a bluesy slant, it's a fair assumption that something in these twelve songs will grab your attention, and rightly so.
Monster Truck release 'Furiosity' on Monday 27th May on Dine Alone.
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'Furiosity' doesn't pull any punches for a debut, this is a band riding on hard rock damnation. 'Old Train' has a bluesy swing in its midst, and it almost feels like you've given Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan a more gravelly tone to his voice, but then it clicks. 'Power of the People' rings of Black Stone Cherry and Chris Robertson's booming vocal command and, luckily, they are fantastic, so the similarity can only really enhance an already established powerhouse of rock sound. 
