Genre: Post Grunge
Label Number: B0014979-02
© 2011 Island Records
AllMusic Review by Gregory Heaney
© 2011 Island Records
AllMusic Review by Gregory Heaney
Soldiering on after the departure of guitarist Jonathan Montoya, Saliva stay the course on their seventh album, Under Your Skin. The album finds the band continuing with the more expanded sound they started to develop on Cinco Diablo,
moving away from pure heaviness to explore bigger, more plaintive
pastures. Despite the mellower excursions, there’s still plenty of
tough, fist-pumping post-grunge for their longtime fans. The opening
track, “Badass,” comes right out of the gate swinging, as if to let
people know that while there may be some ballads on the album, Saliva
aren’t here to be pushed around, and they come back with a reminder of
this later with the rap-rock rager “Burn It Up.” The album’s real
strength comes from its sense of flow. The heavier moments and ballads
are distributed in a way that helps to keep the album from getting
monotonous, creating a nice series of hills and valleys for the listener
to navigate through. While the album doesn’t find the band making any
truly bold changes, it does enough to keep things fresh, making Under Your Skin an album that’s sure to please Saliva devotees.
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