Brave Rival

Life’s Machine (Brave Rival Records)

SOUND U.K.-based Brave Rival’s creamy, blues-fuelled rock recalls the FM radiodominating giants of the Seventies but adds a heavy dose of Zep-worthy riffage on Life’s Machine, their first album. Dual vocalists Chloe Josephine and Lindsey Bonnick can range from Janis Joplin to Ann Wilson in a heartbeat, while Ed Clarke’s biting solos take no prisoners. KEY TRACK “Guilty Love”