An overlooked band, somewhere between the southerly strides of Black Crowes and early '90s alternative metal. Breezy, swaying cool rock with grunge tinges ('Don't Turn Your Back On Me'), nothing too explosive, more so sleepy in its dream-like laziness, I hear Alice In Chains without the darkness, I Love You without the cleverness, although 'Hard Act To Follow' will have you foot-tapping on the porch, possible accidental hit here, 'Woman' has a Saigon Kick landscape running through it. Brother Cane don't have the sugary, bombastic wonder of so many bands mentioned on this blog, but in it's retro glory there's a kind of naive excellence and swagger but I'm sure this would have been lost on many at the time, it's piano struts and hip-shaking blues probably swallowed by so many other acts doing the same thing at the time. I can't say this is underrated, because it lacks too much to be a gem, but Brother Cane will delight even the most clogged of ears.
7/10
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