Black Swan – Paralysed – Single Review – frontiersmusicsrl

Review By Darren McIntyre

. SitBlack Swan are an all- star collective featuring Robin McAuley(McAuley – Schenker Group), Reb Beach(Winger, Whitesnake), Jeff Pilson(Foreigner, The End Machine, ex Dokken), Matt Starr(Ace Frehley, Mr Big), the boys have been bringing the noise since 2019 when a conversation with Seafino Perugino & Jeff Pilson took place regarding getting a super – group together, the rest as they say is history. Since that day the boys have given us Shake The World, Generation Mind and on the 27th February the boys hit us with their new slab of rock n roll Paralyzed, from the new album we have been given The Fire & The Flame, If I Was King and today comes their new single, Paralysed, which I will be reviewing for you today, sit back and prepare yourself.

Paralysed – Banging down the door comes a real raspy, shredding guitar riff that gets the juices flowing from the off, as this banger instantly puts a smile on your face with its sheer intensity that comes for us. The rhythm section kicks in the doors with a real solid snare drum beat that lets this monster erupt and really lets the boys off the leash as we get hooked on the insane groove that is flowing freely through this foot-stomping bruiser; the soaring vocals instantly catch our attention as Robin brings a gritty, rasping tone that fits the arrangement perfectly as the boys shift through the gears and really hit us with all they have. The deep, pulsing, delicious bassline is wrapping itself around this fist-pumping, rocking beast as the boys dig deep and give us a real barnstorming rock ‘n’ roll classic that just ticks all the boxes. Reb comes front and centre and just shreds with sheer conviction as the licks melt our faces with their rawness, depth and swagger as the boys rip up the playbook with this absolute banger of a track that really grabs our attention as the boys just pick up where they left off with the last record; there are sure to be some raspers on the new record, and I for one cannot wait.

Black Swan  –

                     Robin McAuley – Vocals

                     Reb Beach – Guitar

                     Jeff Pilson – Bass

                     Matt Starr – Drums

Track Listing –

Paralysed