Have you seen the Thor doc that's on Netflix right now? Mildly recommended, a profile of obsession, a man with nowhere left to turn but back to his coulda-(maybe)-been band again and again and again.
And wouldn't you know it, their first big (kinda) album's actually kinda good. Dead dumb simple, KISS without the theatrics, with an understated glammy streak, like caveman Queen...but cool? The band sounds downright disconnected sometimes, borderline Lou Reed - maybe because they're really focusing on playing real good,
but maybe they're just... that cool? It's actually not very metal at all, that album cover and being named fucking THOR notwithstanding. As the mostly unsurprising songs plod along there's an unselfconscious charisma that just kind of works.
I mean, take it all with a grain of salt, maybe I'm just charmed by the underdog story. They're not The Beatles, but hell, they might raise a smile 3.5/5
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