hamish gordon

'Parte The Firste'

Year:                   2011

Label:                  Independent

Track Listing:     1. Goodbye Sunshine

2. You Gotta Friend

3. Green Genie

4. Judgement Day

5. Oasis Love

6. Up In Streams

7. Black Roses

8. Mystery Mountains

9. Some Kinda Life

10. I Got Plans

11. Honey Chile

12. Midnight Friend

Dave’s 'Parte The Firste' - Hamish Gordon Review:

You never really know what you are going to get when you put an album into a CD player for the first time. Who would guess that an artist hailing from the Macleary River in country NSW could produce an album that has to be in contention of one of the best rock albums of the year? Yet that is exactly what Hamish Gordon has produced with Parte The Firste… a brilliant sounding album that wins you over on just the first listen.

Opening track, “Goodbye Sunshine” has a devious beginning; it lulls you in to believe that it will be a folk-rock track and then blasts you with much heavier rock… a sudden but sweet surprise. By the time you are hearing the smooth “You Gotta Friend” (the first single from the album) you are realizing that you are onto something really amazing here

“Green Genie” is made special by the fact that has a really strong 80s rock feel and that Hamish Gordon’s voice changes so much that you would swear that it was Lenny Kravitz behind the mic. And then the great music keeps coming with “Judgement Day” a heavy rock track that is deeply influenced by a blues sound.

The tempo changes a little with the sweet acoustic styling of “Oasis Love” and the folk feel of “Up In Streams”. Then comes “Black Roses” a great rock track with melodic vocals that win you over straight away… it is clearly one of Parte The Firste’s highlights.

“Mystery Mountain” slams from your stereo with its unusual style of distorted rock while Gordon’s vocals are once again a standout on the guitar-driven ‘Some Kinda Life”. Gordon’s fine songwriting abilities are clear to see on “I Got Plans” which uses the wall-of-sound method but adds a brilliant rhythm to it. The album closes with two slower tracks. “Honey Chile” is simply sweet rock while “Midnight Friend” is a piano-driven track that is so catchy you’ll be humming along to in no time.

If you’re looking for something new on the rock scene then you simply must give Hamish Gordon’s Parte The Firste a listen… a brilliant release that promises big things from Gordon.

RATING:- **** (out of 5)

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