CD review DEWOLFF ‘Live & Outta Sight II’

(9/10) ‘Thrust’ was the critically and fan acclaimed album that marked the starting point of a collaboration between the band and the Mascot Label Group. A start couldn’t be much better and to keep the fire burning a live album of DeWolff is what fans get offered mid June this year.

DeWolff released with ‘Live & Outta Sight’ a first live album back in 2015 and the new release picks it up where the guys ended with part one. ‘Live & Outta Sight II’ comprises of eleven songs, all recorded at shows the band played in The Netherlands during a more than 100 shows comprising tour through 13 European countries.

DeWolff created a setlist that lasered in on the their latest longplayer ‘Thrust’, a fact that limits the risk of mirroring the tracklist of ‘Live & Outta Sight’. ‘Medicine’ comes back on both release while this live album contains mainly songs that haven’t been available earlier in a live version.

DeWolff celebrated Rock and Blues during their concerts with songs like the outstanding ‘Tired of Loving You’. The greatness of this trio is that their songs transport a lot of feel and it’s the given space for improvisation that extends the mentioned “Tired of Loving You’ and also gentle swinging ‘Deceit & Woo’ to 10+ minutes masterpieces.

In case you missed the Dutch trio so far it’s this live release that helps you to close the gap. Blues Rock with a stronger psychedelic touch can’t sound much better than what you get offered by DeWolff. These guys have punch, for sure.

(9/10)

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