As you may recall, on Monday I
asked if anyone had heard anything from One Day As A Lion, which is the new
project from Zach De La Rocha and Jon Theodore (ex-Mars Volta drummer).
I don't know what I was expecting people to say about the duo, but on my end
I was thinking that maybe it was too little too late for the
former/non-former Rage Against The Machine frontman. Then, of course,
before I knew it I had much of the damn EP on repeat. So, to end the
week I have my favorite cut off of the five-track, self titled effort that
Anti- recently released. I hope you're ready to revisit the glory days
of when you bounced around your bedroom rocking out to Bulls On Parade
like you really understood the lyrics. Enjoy.
:One
Day As A Lion - Wild International:
Admittedly, this really isn't too different than what Rage
Against The Machine was doing back in the day. The
music is heavy, but not much so that it's just crunching
guitars and pounding drums, and Zach is still very fierce in
his delivery and songwriting. So what makes it worthy
of your attention and time? Nostalgia. As much
as I hate to cop out like that the fact is that I love
hearing the previously described sound blasting out of my
speakers. Now excuse me as I wake the neighbors.
One Day As A
Lion doesn't necessarily have anything worth seeing on
Youtube, so I went with Rage Against The Machine doing
Testify at Coachella last year. Be warned, it has
all kinds of shaky cam going on.
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