Okay let me get this out of the way. I haven't heard much of Indus Creed's earlier work. I have heard the song Rock and Roll Renegade which is a good song and is catchier than common cold (while also being a million times more enjoyable) but the Bon Jovi influence in both the music and the video is a bit overpowering. I have also heard Pretty Child which I consider one of the better rock songs from India. Beautiful, dreamy and the video was absolutely gorgeous.
However, it was the 2012 comeback, Evolve, that truly got me into Indus Creed. It was a satisfying prog rock record that I thing is really underrated. But for some reason it did feel like Indus Creed were restraining themselves just a little bit. Holding back an edge that I felt they had in lieu of a more cohesive record. I couldn't quite put my finger on it then.
With THIEF, I know exactly what it was. The chugging riffs set up a slightly tilted groove. The guitar's meatier. Bassist Krisna Jhaveri, who suddenly seems to be everywhere I look, stays bound to the groove at times but does make his presence felt at some others. Drummer Jai Row Kavi does a great job. I really had to strain my ears to hear the keys. But for this song I can't say I missed a more prominent input from the keyboards.
What I did miss, maybe, was a slightly more prominent solo. It's in no way a bad solo and it's not that it didn't fit in. It fits in a bit too well in fact and it's just that I was expecting it to stand out a bit more. This song goes for the hard hitting route while still retaining the prog leanings from the last album. Front man Uday Benegal's voice still has that slightly strained quality and it works really well in the context of this band.
This is a band displaying an easy flair that comes from being there from the beginning and knowing how to not go away.
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