Toadies - No Deliverance: B

Music: 7/10 Vocals: 4/5 Lyrics: 4/5 Production: 4/5
Total: 19/25 = B

Toadies reunite after many years to put one more album out. They've always been a macabre band singing songs about serial killers, murders, ghosts, and plane crashes. But it's masked behind good but somewhat vague lyrics. Their new album is no different. Perhaps the best track is "One More" which states "she turns the lock on her bedroom door/she finds the answer/she takes one more/and one more". One more what? Pill? Is she a cutter? Who cares, it's absolutely haunting.

The album has many highs but unfortunately as more than a few plodders that don't have the same punch. It takes the energy out of an otherwise good album. It's around a 50/50 mix of good to fair.

Vaden Todd Lewis' voice is as strong and angry as ever. One the good tracks the guitars are loud and bite often. The rhythm section booms and keeps it all driving.

Overall, it's well worth the price of admission. I just wish they culled a couple more off the album and replaced them with better tunes.