Willard Grant Conspiracy "Let it Roll"
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Thursday. Mar 15, 1:33 PM
Gravely indie rock that runs the gamut.

Robert Fisher, aka Willard Grant Conspiracy, sings with the emotions of a 60 year-old man going through heroin withdrawal. But to be honest, it’s not a bad thing. I found it refreshing.

For the most part, it seems as if the band hasn’t really developed a specific sound on their latest, Let it Roll. The styles on the album fluctuate from blues, ballad, rock, to simply Fisher’s emotionless voice overtop soft-soothing guitar with a violin kicker. It is said that closer “Lady of the Snowline” could make a cowboy cry. I never check it out.

Let it Roll doesn’t strike me as containing your typical radio songs. None of it would I ever crave to hear while I’m driving down the Baltimore Beltway. Although, if I was forced to pick the song I would most likely listen to while driving, I’d have to choose the title track. It is a lyric less, up-tempo rocker.

My concern with this disc is that it will have a hard time attracting a consistent audience. Because of its inconsistencies between styles, a group of people could like one song and hate another. I don’t know. Maybe not?
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John Butler

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