Reviewed by Tom Mott
Released: 1981 EQ Giving Up The Energy Genre: Schenectady Vice Rating: 3 out of 5 Highlights: Said You're Not Worth It (bonus track - single included on the expanded issue) I wanted to write a two-word review, but unless something's atrocious--in which case the review writes itself before you even listen ("Hard pass." "Just stop." "Allen wept.")--it's impossible. unexpected guitarsounds DeYoungish scrodeling prog-rock complexity galactica arpeggios bitchin' synthbass violently verbose singing drummer parachute pants energetic AOR arena muscle hard rockin pomp rock It's not my thing, but they give it their all and it will scratch an itch for fans of melodic proggy pomp rock. Penny Knight has strong pipes. Bonus points for their funny, self-deprecating website. And Peter Is A Slut includes the line "Peter is a hobbit / if there's a cradle he will rob it." Deluxe reissue by--who else?--PROGAOR ------------------------------------------------- BONUS! Newspaper review of their 2011 reunion show: "The Penny Knight Band members live in five different cities and reunited via websites, but they played the most unified and impressive set of the night. If Johnny Rabb and his Jailhouse Rockers looked like the guys Baby Boomers’ moms warned their daughters about, Knight’s crew could have been accountants at a rock fantasy camp. With Knight’s powerhouse voice at the center of their proud, loud, retro sound, they projected arena-rock muscle through crisp ensemble playing, electric might and songs built to blast. Everything went big, then sometimes bigger, even the ballad “You Put the Fire Back in My Heart” about love’s return. They hit with prog-rock complexity, but also big soulfulness, an impressive return to action by a band dormant for nearly three decades."
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