Rock and roll band Dirty Honey released their second studio record, Can’t Find The Breaks, on Friday, November 3. The band now features bassist Justin Smolian, guitarist John Notto, drummer Jayden Bean, and Niskayuna, NY native Marc LaBelle on lead vocals. Can’t Find The Breaks features 11 songs and has a total run time of 46 minutes.
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Dirty Honey was finally able to release new music for the first time in two years after constantly touring as an opener for bands like Guns N’ Roses or headlining their own shows. Can’t Find The Breaks is a breath of fresh air for a modern band with a classic rock vibe that makes fans reminiscent of the Golden Age of Led Zeppelin, The Black Crowes, and Aerosmith.
The band is leading the charge in the resurrection of rock and roll music. Outside of The Struts and Mammoth WVH, there hasn’t been a new band for the younger generation of rock fans to feast on. Dirty Honey is carrying the metaphoric rock and roll flag as the band continues to get bigger and bigger.
Can’t Find the Brakes, to me, is pretty descriptive of what our life is right now. We are just on this out-of-control rock n roll train that is off the tracks and we don’t know where it’s going, but we’re down for the ride.
Marc LaBelle
The second track of the record, “Won’t Take Me Alive,” was one of the first singles off of the record. It’s easy to see why the band chose to release this song as the first single. Bean keeps the beat of the track moving forward while Notto provides the catchy riffs that keep fans air guitaring from start to finish.
On “Get A Little High,” LaBelle is able to show off his impressive vocal range. LaBelle has always had the vocal range of an Axl Rose mixed in with Chris Robinson and the wonderful chorus behind him adds to the total wall of sound from the rest of the band. Notto provides one of his most melodic solos to date showing that he has learned a thing or two from touring the world with guitar gods like Pete Townshend of The Who and Slash.
The final track that stands out the most on Dirty Honey’s sophomore record is “Coming Home (Ballad of the Shire).” The beautiful acoustic song sends shivers down listeners’ spines and gives them goosebumps as the band sings in perfect harmony on the chorus of this record. This peaceful ballad is a complete 180 from the in-your-face rock and roll that they’re used to, yet it fits the band perfectly.
In support of their brand new record, Dirty Honey is trekking across the United States with special guest Austin Meade.
Listen to Can’t Find The Breaks here.
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