The Distillers – Coral Fang

Brody is back with her gang of punks to bring their 3rd record entitled Coral Fang. Now with a new guitarist in the band, Tony Bradley, The Distillers are a nice little fourpiece punk band from “the city of assholes”. Despite some incredibly odd artwork, this album has lived up to the band’s potential.

Brody Dale (no longer Brody Armstrong) still has her unique voice. A female vocalist with scratchy and harsh vocals is somewhat rare theses days. The Distillers bring a nice new sound to the tell with her fronting the punk band. That makes the album stick out by itself. Adding an extra guitarist to the band made their musical portions slightly stronger and more powerful. Because of that, the vocals aren’t as prominent at times as their previous album; but still do an amazing job at staying strong and loud. Hall Of Mirrors displays the vocal power perfectly. The two backup vocalists, Tony Bradley and Ryan Sinn, give us a needed rest of Brody’s vocals at key points during most tracks.

The worst part of the album is after the final track, Death Sex. There is approximately 8 minutes of solid guitar lines. It sounds like a broken record and even hurts the ears. That really ends the album on a sore point, especially since the rest of the album as done so well.