Stone Temple Pilots have been through some serious hell and back in their day. Not only have both iconic singers they have had died, but now they have to pretty much build their reputation back from the ground up with new singer former X-Factor competitor Jeff Gutt. Their second newly released single "Roll Me Under" seems to be a good start.
"Roll Me Under" definitely has a real STP vibe to it. It rumbles, booms, and grinds where it needs to. I wouldn't say it is anywhere near their best work, but it is still a solid rocker. I could definitely have pictured Scott Weiland singing this. That said, Gutt does a plenty serviceable job at the mic for this tune even if he does sound a little too much like his predecessor.
I'm definitely looking forward to the new STP album if it sounds anything like this. It's out on March 16th, by the way. Whatever we get will be some serious balls to the wall stuff, though I'm just hoping that Gutt doesn't sound too much like Weiland on the rest of the record. I don't really like it when bands get a new singer that sounds like their old one. It makes it seem like they are stuck in the past.
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