{"id":15087,"date":"2013-09-27T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=15087"},"modified":"2013-11-08T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T11:23:36","slug":"album-review-coney-hatch-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-coney-hatch-four\/","title":{"rendered":"CONEY HATCH – Four (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

CONEY HATCH
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\nFrontiers (2013)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The loudest band in Toronto is back! Coney Hatch is a Canadian band who released three albums in the early to mid 80s, and one compilation \u2013 Best Of Three<\/em> \u2013 in 1992, which would prove to be their last. Thankfully, those hard rockin\u2019 mothers have returned with another slice of slick rock \u2019n\u2019 roll that features snazzy riffs and big melodies.<\/p>\n

As expected, Coney Hatch\u2019s return feels like they\u2019ve never been away, mainly due to the fact that their brand of hard rock \u2013 just like AC\/DC and the like \u2013 can\u2019t really date as it\u2019s so damn simple. <\/p>\n

Four<\/em> is somewhat of a reunion for the band as it features original members Carl Dixon (lead vocals \/ guitar), Andy Curran (bass \/ vocals), Steve Shelski (lead guitar) and Dave Ketchum (drums). The band have also enlisted friend and award-winning sound engineer Vic Florencia, who has given this 11-track affair a stripped back, raw feel; meaning that Coney Hatch haven\u2019t necessarily succumbed to modern dynamics in order to keep their original sound fresh. <\/p>\n

The album kicks off with the bass-lead \u2018Blown Away\u2019, which has an AC\/DC stomp and a sleazy edge. It\u2019s rock \u2019n\u2019 roll through and through as it slowly builds to its infectious chorus, although there is a time when I expected Dixon to rasp, \u201cYou, shook me aaallll niiiiight long\u201d<\/em>, such is its three-chord boogie drive. It\u2019s still a great little tune though, and wouldn\u2019t seem out of place on those early 80s albums.<\/p>\n

The album really starts to get going with the sweaty, pulsating \u2018Boys Club\u2019 however, which features a killer solo and weighty drum plod as Dixon sneers, \u201cCome on in and close the door\u201d<\/em>, introducing us to his murky world and a stomping chorus of, \u201cWelcome to the boys club, I can get you in, This is the boys club, give me some skin\u201d<\/em>. And things just get dirtier from thereon in. \u2018Down & Dirty\u2019 lives up to its title; it\u2019s a fluent, albeit simplistic AC\/DC fuelled rocker featuring a dominant bass, but the melody is always sweet.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing fancy about the return of Coney Hatch. While the lyrics can at times be clich\u00e9d, it\u2019s still a ballsy opus that only hints at the modern with the fiery \u2018Connected\u2019 and more subtle stains of \u2018Revive\u2019 with its heart full of soul. Even so, the band haven\u2019t forgot how to rock and the juggernaut that is \u2018We Want More\u2019 wouldn\u2019t seem out of place on the new Black Sabbath opus (13<\/a>) with its chugging riff, while the twanging trudge of \u2018The Devil U Know\u2019 digs its claws in from the off. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve certainly heard louder bands, but when it comes to churning out solid, melodic hard rock music, Coney Hatch will take some beating. It\u2019s hard to believe that it\u2019s almost 30 years since their last studio album, but Four<\/em> has certainly put these veterans back on the map, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019ll be their last.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CONEY HATCHFour Frontiers (2013)Rating: 7.5\/10 The loudest band in Toronto is back! Coney Hatch is a Canadian band who released three albums in the early to mid 80s, and one compilation \u2013 Best Of Three \u2013 in 1992, which would prove to be their last. Thankfully, those hard rockin\u2019 mothers have returned with another slice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,799],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-coney-hatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15087"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15090,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15087\/revisions\/15090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}