A pretty much glowing review from the US broadcaster ABC even if their potted history is odd. They say:
Here, the band is back in full force, wide awake and ready to dominate. Mike Patton is in top vocal form seesawing from low growls to operatic yelps — although, for the most part, he pretty much sticks to the former, giving the album a metallic bit of menace. The opening title track sounds like Tom Waits in spots, as does “Motherf*****.”
At its core, “Sol Invictus” is a muscular beast that bounces from the heavy riffing of “Separation Anxiety” to the bellowing pop of “From the Dead.” It should come as no surprise to any past fans that this band maintains its eclecticism. After all, this is the same group that delivered the Red Hot Chili Peppers-esque “Epic,” and then, a few years later, dropped a very straight-ahead, loyal cover of the Commodores’ classic “Easy.”
The dynamics of the music even on TRT is so different to anything that po- funk , drug addled junkies ever produced that , if it weren’t for that Anthony kiedis girl complaining about Patton’s styl, I’m not sure anyone would even bring it up otherwise!! I do quite like that one album BSSM but that’s about it.
Haha I’ve always hated the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The only connection I see is the funk rock sound and that’s where it ends for me. So to even mention them in a FNM review seems like a reach. Or maybe someone here can see some other resemblance. I wouldn’t truly know – not having listened much to RHCP, seeing as how I hate them. Or maybe we should all be pleased that FNM is so distinct that a reviewer has to resort to making such silly comparisons.
Did they really call Epic Red Hot Chili Peppers-esque? Ugh