“Vol. 2 – The Scattering” (Trifonic Laboratories; 2007) Reviewed by R. Scott Bolton I don’t know where to begin in describing the music on Slow Burning Car’s “Vol. 2 – The Scattering.” As my good friend Mike SOS states below, these musicians pride themselves in working with a multitude of musical colors. I hear everything on this CD from the band’s self-professed space rock to 80s punk to Foreigner-style hard rock to early new wave and beyond. Hell, track 11, “Siren,” even has a bit of modern country in it (sans twang). So, if diversity is what you’re looking for in a rock’n’roll band, you need look no further. No two tracks sound alike here. What’s surprising is that,...

Slow Burning Car – Vol. 2 – The Scattering Alternative/Garage/Indie Slow Burning Records Slow Burning Car is back with Vol. 2 – The Scattering and their press poster for the album is 100% correct, they have indeed refined their sound. And as a unit, Slow Burning Car is better for it. Instrumentation and composition are tighter, and as a whole this album flows much better than the band’s previous release (Blowback). Slow Burning Car explores various genres of rock, covering almost all of the rock spectrum in a mere 12 tracks. To sum it all up in a phrase, I’m impressed. Lyrically there is a wide span of subject matter, including mythological themes, science fact and fiction, evolution of oneself,...