Rival Sons Pressure & Time LP (Opaque White Vinyl)

Pressure & Time is the second studio album by American rock band Rival Sons, originally released in 2011. To commemorate its 10th anniversary, the album has been remastered and pressed on Opaque White vinyl.

Rival Sons are a power trio plus singer in the traditional style, who might have made this album after listening to the first Led Zeppelin LP over and over for a day or two. Songs like the title track and 'Gypsy Heart' find [singer Jay] Buchanan wailing away in a piercing tenor reminiscent of Robert Plant, while [guitarist Scott] Holiday plays Jimmy Page-like power chords, and even the closing power ballad 'Face of Light' is a Zeppelin-esque change of pace. Rival Sons do exhibit some other influences on Pressure & Time. 'All Over the Road,' for example, calls to mind Deep Purple's early days (the days of 'Hush,' not 'Smoke on the Water'), while Buchanan, despite singing in a higher register, demonstrates an Eric Burdon-like swagger on 'Young Love.' Of course, the band also calls to mind groups of subsequent generations that built on the hard rock sound of the late '60s, such as the Cult, the Black Crowes, Jet, and the White Stripes.