The Datsuns - Outa Sight/Outa Mind
By Joey Grace

The Datsuns - Outa Sight/Outa Mind
Label: V2 Records
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After several listens it�s hard to describe the Datsun�s �old but new� sound.  There is no special effects, no synthesizers or spacey beep beep ballyhoo.  This is straight up Classic Rock n� Roll mixed with the sound of today.  They incorporate all sounds of seventies rock, with likes of Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, T Rex, Deep Purple, and of course Led Zeppelin, which is understandable since Outa Sight/Outa Mind is produced by John Paul Jones.  They can pack a punch, in the same manner of Queens of the Stone Age, but sound less �stoner rock� and more �drunken rock.�  �Messin� Around� takes a Marilyn Manson style riff and puts an Alice Cooper flair too it. �Girls Best Friend� has the Iggy Pop vibe, but ends up sounding more like Mooney Susuki.  There are even hints of Rage Against the Machine in �Hong Kong Fury,� same riffs just better solos.  �What I�ve Lost� is groovy summer lament song that makes want to drive along the cost with top down as your hair is flapping in the wind.  

John Paul Jones does produce this, but I get the feeling that the band came into the studio with this sound and direction.  These songs don�t really sound like cheap rip off�s of the classics, there is definitely enough original material the carry the album out from behind the Classic Rock cloud.  

Outa Sight/Outa Mind is a valentine to the afore mentioned artists, which has a legitimate place our musical realm right now.  As Rap-Metal, fades and Emo starts to sound stale, it�s good to go back in time.  At the very least Outa Sight/Outa Mind can serve as a gateway drug for the previously mentioned bands.  After all the kids need to know Iggy, Alice, and the real Ozzy, before they can appreciate what�s out today.
 

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