GALACTIC COWBOYS
Let It Go

17 songs / 74 minutes
Metal Blade
- 10 -

 'Let It Go' is the sixth and maybe the last album by the Galactic Cowboys who have always been one of my favourite bands durint the last decade. After the recordings of their previous CD (At The End Of The Day), drummer Alan Doss left the band for family reasons and was replaced on this CD by Jerry Gaskill from King's X. Nevertheless, Alan Doss helped recording and mixing this album.
The Galactic Cowboys started in the early nineties as a very good Metal band, but during the years, they opened their minds to other genres of music which made each CD by the Cowboys a unique listening experience. 'Let It Go' continues that exemplary tradition. After a one-minute-HipHop intro, the first song 'T.I.M.' is absolutely fresh American College Rock, a typical trademark for the Galactic Cowboys. Other songs like 'Hey Mr.' or 'Life And Times' contain very harmonic melody lines which show that the Cowboys have been listening more than once to the Beatles who belong to their main musical influences. After having listened a few times they invite you to sing together with the band. But also quiet songs like 'Another Hill' or 'Ordinary' have their established place in the huge musical spectrum of the Galactic Cowboys. Some strange things can be found on this CD, too: I think of the very noisy and short song 'Boom!' or the strange musical intermezzos which were put between two tracks. The Galactic Cowboys are also well known for long songs and this time, 'Swimming In December' is nearly lasting 11 minutes. A very good songs of course, but the 2 minutes intro is a bit boring, as well as the instrumental 'Song For Sybo'.
Over 70 minutes of the total playing time are far above average music. It's a pity that there won't be a new Galactic Cowboys album in the next time, but different musicians will go into solo careers which could also sound quite promising.

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