Chokesetter – ‘Chokesetter’ Album Review

Stoner

Pavement Entertainment

Released

Review By Smudge Smith

Spawned out of South Bend, Indiana come Chokesetter with their debut album which was actually released in 2020 but has now secured a release through Pavement Entertainment. They say they play hard hitting stoner with no BS along with feel good rock n roll and swinging blues.

Opener ‘Motorboater’ displays all of the above with some fine riffage from guitarist Steve Dickson and the well abused voice of Jessi Maule. ‘Barnburner’ is a bit wordy but runs on a great groove before the jagged attack of ‘Bela Lugosi’ and the fuzz bomb intro of ‘Eden’ which then becomes a spoken word stream of consciousness and a hard-hitting reply. ‘Artemis Interlude’ is a dreamy instrumental piece that lets us catch our breath before the doomy ‘World Eater’ and the rock n roll of ‘These Stones’ which gets your hips moving. Jason Funkhouser’s bass groove introduces the mighty ‘Red’ which is a love song believe it or not about how Jessi Maule met his wife. Not exactly sentimental but a love song, nonetheless. Funkhouser is at it again with another spidery bass line to open ‘The Son WillRise’ which becomes a proper chugger. Final track is a live recording of ‘21’ from The Cobra Lounge and shows these guys can do it live too.

I enjoyed this – full of big riffs and grooves and I particularly enjoyed Jessi Maule’s voice which has a real lived in and abused quality about it. Make no mistake the guy can sing. Stoner with a dash of southern rock what’s not to like?

7/10

Band –

Jessi Maule – Vocals

Steve Dickson – Guitar

Jason Funkhouser – Bass

Larry Bone – Drums

Track List –

Motorboater

Barnburner

Bela Lugosi

Eden

Artemis Interlude

World Eater

These Stones

Red

The Son Will Rise

21 (live)