Album Review: Sonic Boom - "Everybody Rains On My Parade"
Formed by ex-Dogs D'Amour guitarist Jo Dog and former L.A. Guns frontman Paul Black, Sonic Boom put out one sadly underappreciated album in 2000, Sundown Yellow Moon , and it's good to see them back with a much-delayed follow-up here in 2022. While the group's first album was a straight up slice of blues rock powered along by Jo's dextrous guitar work and Black's world-weary vocals, on this follow-up there's definitely signs of new ground being broken. Opening track Another Tree For Shade has an almost Humble Pie era Steve Marriott style feel to it with the soaring chorus and chirping organ plus the lengthy blissed outro underpinning the song and gets this one off to a strong start. Up For The Late Show sounds like a speeded up version of Jo's old band's classic Sometimes and keeps the momentum rolling while Blue Like The Morning is a lovely longing slice of Gram Parsons style country sorrow before former single You're Home picks up the tempo a...