Quest For Fire is a crackling Toronto quartet who just released a self titled debut album "Quest For Fire" which is sure to be one of the more exciting albums this year.
The album only has 6 tracks on it, but it clocks in at 43:09. It is difficult to describe this band's style of music since they cover a good amount of ground. Vocalist Chad Ross sounds like a dreamlike Kurt Cobain with his own style mixed in. The music at times has the feel of Nirvana grunge, but is much more spacey and exploratory. It is impressive to hear them mix in that type of sound with authentic psychedelic rock which spans the styles of Led Zeppelin and occasionally Pink Floyd, with mammothly brilliant spiraling solos by guitarist Adam Moszynski, and a little bit of The Doors schmoozy bluesiness, with beautiful acoustic guitar undertones at times.
Drummer Mike Maxymuik comes out pounding at the gates in the opener 'Bison Eyes' but the song still takes on a dreamy state of pleasant noise. 'Strange Waves' which is 7 minute and 35 seconds is a steady spaced out building rock gem. The centerpiece of the album 'Hawk That Hunts The Walking' is nearly 9 minutes long, and is a dark opus of psychedelia to be wreckoned with. There is a point in the 2nd half which is reminiscent of 'No Quarter' by Led Zeppelin. The song is filled with scorching guitar solos and a comfortable gloomy feeling that is great to kick back and zone out to repeatedly. The following song 'I've Been Trying To Leave' starts out right off the bat with blazing guitar notes and commanding drumming. While the vocalist is extremely reminiscent of Kurt Cobain, his singing is much more subdued and far less abrasive, and the music behind him is more beautiful and reaches much more ground.
'You Are Always Loved' is a the slowest spaciest song on the album. It has a gorgeous mix of distorted electric guitar and acoustic with a patient drum beat and a real chilled out vibe while still maintaining the dark mysterious sound this band possesses. The finale 'Next To The Fire' is simply a sonic masterpiece. They saved the best for last on this debut album without question. At over 9 minutes long, the song is sprawling with brilliant layers of firey music from all ends. It is intense and wonderful, with the name being very appropriate for its sound. The song fully brings the heat, and we all end up feeling 'Next To The Fire' closing out the album with a memorable epic of psychedelic hard rock.
Quest For Fire, one of Toronto's newest exciting quartets, has created an extremely memorable and worthy debut album. This will be repeating on many playlists in the year to come.
Feel free to listen to the album below:
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