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Middle of the road
Eric and the Adams plays it safe with their debut — but that's quite ail right
RICH LOPEZ I Staff Writer
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When out gay rocker
Eric Himan joined forces
with Angel and Jimmy
Adams, it was a musical
match made in heaven.
With complementary
styles, the newly config-
ured Eric and the Adams garnered decent
success and notoriety in a short time.
Now, they start their next
chapter with their self-titled
debut album.
In their new five-song disc,
the band shows they wanna
rock, especially with opening v-
track, "Sugar You Ain't So
Sweet," a workable mix of blues Southern
rock and radio-ready pop. Although they
echo the Black Crowes, it ends up playing
lighter. They want to burst out of the gate
with "Sugar," but it's mostly a template
heard before.
Track two fares way better and gives in-
sight to the band's
potential. "Frozen in
the Sun" is a tragic
song of dying love,
Himan straddles po-
etically between lit-
eral and metaphoric
death and sings with
earnest that 3bclose to
heart wrenching.
"Frozen" would have
fit perfectly in the old
City of Angels sound-
track that featured
some hit making '90s
alterna-pop a la Ala-
nis Morrissette and
Goo Goo Dollg,: This
should be the EP's
next single,
Instead, right now
the band is pushing
"Every Move" with
an accompanying
video. Ms another
love-obsessive single
that plays Gin Blos-
soms style. Himan
has some dark per-
spectives behind that
sweet face and he
knows how to set
them to music.
The EP plays well
ERIC ANDTHE ADAMS
Eric and the Adams
Thumbcrown Records
but reflects back to the safe sound of the
mid-'90s. The band is never as dangerous
as they want us to believe,, but the band is
solid and this is a step to finding their
sound.
It's partly there with I liman's voice. He
is reminiscent of Glenn Tillbrook with a
distinctive sound that can't be mistaken,
but he should explore some of his differ-
ent registers. As the lone gui-
tar player, he displays
amazing versatility, espe-
cially in the CD's closer
"Keeper of the Secret" which
S begins with a hint of Led
Zeppelin influence,
Eric and the Adams start off nicely if
slightly on the risk-free side. They need to
break away from the listener recalling
Other bands. Once theyleap into the
darker territory they flirt with here> they
should be able to remind us of one thing:
Themselves. ■
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LET THE MUSIC PLAY | Gay musidan Eric Himan, right, leads Eric and the Adams into familiar musical
territory with their self-titled debut that gives enough punch to show potential.
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