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KING KING – Reaching For The Light

This is the third album from Scotland’s finest blues rock quartet. The main feature of the band is the amazing vocal and guitar skills of Alan Nimmo, that’s not to take anything away from the rest of band it’s just that Alan is visually and sonically front and centre.

Hurricane is a nice opener with a great groove and riff, with a killer vocal. You Stopped The Rain is as near to a ballad as this album gets. Waking Up has an almost country vibe to add to the mix. A really killer tune with a very tasty solo. Rush Hour starts with a picked riff and just Alan’s superb vocal. The dynamic just builds into a monster tune with a huge guitar sound and epic ending. Crazy is all squealing feedback until the funky groove takes over and the middle eight is awesome. Lay With Me is old school RnB. A Stevie Wonder keyboard vibe starts Just A Little Lie with a very funky under groove. Take A Look is power ballad territory with a superb melodic solo. Stranger To Love closes out the album and it’s the best track on the album. Superb vocal, killer groove and riff, man this track just hits the spot.

9/10 from The Grooveman.

KING KING – Exile & Grace

Born out of the Scottish band The Nimmo Brothers, this band were formed in 2008 with guitarist/vocalist Alan Nimmo and bassist Lindsay Coulson. They are a classic blues rock band in the Free/Bad Company/Whitesnake tradition. When you see the band Live you will see how amazing Alan Nimmo is as a performer. He’s a superb vocalist and a killer guitar player, and the band revolve around the talents of this remarkable performer. Nimmo has that warm treacle running off a spoon type of voice that just oozes. Other than Thunder, you just don’t hear bands doing this type of rock anymore with big hooks, big melody, and fat blues rock riffs.

Opening track, She Don’t Gimme No Lovin;, is straight out of the Bad Company songbook – what a great opening! Broken is a superb song that you wish radio would play – if it did, this would be a hit. Where Nimmo’s voice really does shine is on a big power ballad, as the emotion and power in his voice is just amazing, listen to Betrayed Me to see what I mean. My favourite track is the boogie shuffle of I Don’t Wanna Lie, which has a great melody and sing-a-long chorus. I managed to catch them playing in a small hotel bar in Toronto a few years ago and they were great.

9/10 from The Grooveman.