The Temperance Movement – White Bear

One can hardly avoid being hit by countless retro rock bands out there to the point where those bands have a hard time standing out of the crowd. The Temperance Movement from England manage with ease, though. The reason is that they go back a little further than most of their competitors and exhibit a taste for, and of, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones in a dry, airy production that leaves room for each instrument to shine. Biggest asset of the band is frontman Phil Campbell who really makes White Bear an outstanding release. Apart from the strange “A Pleasant Peace I Feel” the band delivers nine songs that catapult the listener back to the early days of Hard Rock in the most delightful way.