Monday, February 7th, 2011
Arise, Great Warrior
The Fervor
Removador/Karate Body Records
Release date: Feb. 8, 2011
By Andy McNeil, Assistant Editor
Louisville’s The Fervor have inadvertently employed ancient Chinese military tactics by creating an uproar in the East while striking in the West. Nearly 2,500 years after Sun Tzu’s The Art of War comes Arise, Great Warrior, a seven song release recorded in San Francisco at Mission Bells (Jackie Greene, Mother Hips) and Radical Sound (Rogue Wave).
“By the time you see the sun, you’re already on the run,” sings vocalist/keyboardist Natalie Felker on the title track, which begins with a lonely sounding piano much like the opening track, “Moment of Truth,” on their last ...