Queen Chief - Rosemary (Say Hi To Jesus)

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“Rosemary - Say Hi To Jesus” is the opening track from the top-notch release of Portland, OR, riffboarders Queen Chief.

Two minutes of lush grunge with bold guitars and gusty, incendiary vocals of Justin Lien, narrating, as it seems, about ambiguous self-destructive contacts and emitted toxic adrenaline. Towards the middle, the track waits up a little during the sprawling hooks of the drums and the sticky vocal line, “Don’t you know I’m the man on a mission.” And then it kicks again to the full extent. A large percentage of the new album “Animal Stories” of Queen Chief is a rushing tire with alternative, noise, and stoner rock hymns.