Second Dan – Bringing Down Goliath

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These days when bands that are labeled under the ‘pop/rock’ tag seem to be able to only put out one or two decent tracks before they throw in the towel and serve up mediocre material just to fill a CD up, ‘Bringing Down Goliath’ is an 11 track wonder that takes you on a nonstop musical journey filled with energy, and drive from the thoughtful lyrics to the blood pumping music.

Second Dan is fronted by vocalist and ex-Australian Dan Rosen, who traveled to New York’s famed East Village, after receiving critical success for his debut EP in his homeland, where he gathered the nucleus that would become the engine for Second Dan.

The band is rounded out by bassist Daniel Reisbick who lays on a bassline so thick it sticks to your ear canals which maniacal drummer Sonny Ratcliff thumps and thrashes around, as guitarists Adam Wolfe Lerner and Rosen weave the wizardry of Pete Townsend and The Edge for guitar riffs that can drift and swirl or have the force of a sonic tsunami.

The band is rounded out by bassist Daniel Reisbick who lays on a bassline so thick it sticks to your ear canals which maniacal drummer Sonny Ratcliff thumps and thrashes around, as guitarist Adam Wolfe Lerner weaves the wizardry of Pete Townsend meets The Edge for guitar riffs that drift or have the force of a sonic tsunami.

Together this foursome have taken elements that will remind you at times of the bare bones early days of U2 meeting the guitar wall of sound of Oasis with touches of Elvis Costello and The Attractions along with a nod to The Replacements and channeling them into their debut album ‘Bringing Down Goliath’.

Trying to pick out one or two favorite tracks on this release is next to impossible. Before you know it you will simply say to heck with it and hit repeat all.

From the swelling of the opening chords of ‘Color My World’, to the finger popping ‘I Met A Girl’, the bluesy feeling and whimsical ‘The Elephant Fell To Earth’, the dreamy acoustic based ‘Everything is Good’ allows you to catch your breath before the Oasis sonic tour de force that is ‘Make Me Want To’ slams into you and closing with the Smashing Pumpkin feeling ‘How You Getting On?’ makes you wish ‘Bringing Down Goliath’, would keep going on and on.

Available at CD Baby: $12.97

Track List

1 Color of My World
2 Forget To Remember
3 I Met a Girl
4 The Elephant Fell to Earth
5 Running Out of Feelings
6 Everything is Good
7 Make Me Want To
8 Love and Innocence
9 Run v Hide
10 Duwachuwant
11 How You Getting On?