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ALBUM review: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, The Lion the Beast the Beat
Album in stores now.
Having seen alternative rocker Grace Potter jam out with Daryl Hall on Live from Daryl’s House earlier this year and most recently on VH1’s Storytellers and Good Morning America, hearing The Lion the Beast the Beat was a must for me.
Based in Vermont, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals’ fourth album is an amalgam of “big riffs and bellowing vocals”—basically, an eclectic project with no specific genre in mind. However, The Lion does stay somewhere along the pop-rock-country lane.
Potter, a multi-instrumentalist, has large vocal abilities and an almost cult following, so one does feel the tug of commercial success calling. Standout moments include “Never Go Back” and “Timekeeper” for their transparency. (original review at SSNYC)
