Reviews"With 35 Minutes of Furious Guitar Solos and Demonic Howls." -- Grade: B+, “Singer Alison Mosshart presides over the sonic swamp with her signature scary-sexy yowl, even lending a punk-gospel throb to ‘Hustle and Cuss’...”, "Much of SEA OF COWARDS is pretty on-point and burning: Vocalist Alison Mosshart still exhibits that stiletto-sharp swagger...", 3 stars out of 5 -- "A research lab into the gestures and history of rock'n'roll....SEA OF COWARDS is undeniably a major rock record in terms of production and personnel...", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'Blue Blood Blues' is a furious pileup of Jack Lawrence's grunting fuzz bass, Dean Fertita's abrasive skidding guitars and bizarre doo-wop vocal pepper...", "'Blue Blood Blues,' the opening track on SEA OF COWARDS, boasts a driving, scuzzy riff so heavy that the overall effect is similar to the sound of a bomb exploding in a swamp.", "It's unhinged classic-rock explosiveness that sounds like it could be the result of a few vicious jam sessions.....It's a heavy, snarly, physical rock album...", "With a distorted call-and-response aggression that's now greater than its parts, a rudely heavy swath of rock'n'roll authority."
Additional InformationEven denser and darker than Horehound, the Dead Weather's second album is nevertheless more satisfying than their debut.