Sloe Gin - A Matter Of Time

There is nothing dramatically unusual about a band being a trio, but I have to confess that I haven’t come across a line-up quite like this before, with Enio Nicolini (from The Black) on bass, Giuseppe Miccoli on drums and Eugenio Mucci (Requiem) providing vocals. Yep, you read that correctly, the only instrument providing melody is the bass. Now, Enio is a great bassist, and he does the best he can to take the lead, but to these ears it doesn’t really work. There are times when he tries to take the guys into a doom/stoner area but there isn’t enough force and power even when he plays chords instead of single notes. There isn’t enough going on musically to really keep the listener interested and singer Eugenio has to rely on treating virtually all of his vocals to have any sort of impact. It didn’t take me long to wonder how many songs was it until the end of the album, as it felt that I was undertaking some sort of penance by having to play it.