The Chariot - One Wing

The Chariot is a band with one rule: Never EVER play by the rules. While there are some obvious musical acts that you could associate the band with as sounding similar to, The Chariot is their own brand of heavy music. From their live show to their records, they leave it all on the floor.

One Wing might be the band's grandest record to date. The guitar tone is chunkier than any previous effort and the band's songwriting, while always unconventional, has taken a progressive step forward. Josh Scogin's vocals haven't sounded this good since Norma Jean's Bless The Martyr, Kiss The Child.

One Wing has the band's heaviest songs to date but it also feature's some of the most haunting and original songs the band has composed.

The song titles are actually two sentences.

Forget
Not
Your
First
Love.
Speak
In
Tongues
And
Cheek.

Forget and Not both come in full force. Typical chaotic hardcore craziness that we've come to expect from The Chariot. First is the Chariot taking something they've done previously and taking it farther and making it better. While The Chariot have had country western soundtrack riffs in they sound before, First goes from heavy to full blown Kill Bill soundtrack. A great spaghetti western riff complete with a horn line that feels like it was taken straight out of a great western film. While the first and second halves of the songs feel disjointed, you forget all about that when The Chariot goes west. Speak is the most haunting song The Chariot have ever written. A lone piano plays while Josh Scogin screams.

On a whole, One Wing feels more organized than it's predecessor (Long Live). There's a maturity in the songwriting that we've only seen glimpses of in the past. It's a richer sounding record in all aspects.

One Wing is The Chariots finest work to date.