Red Aim continues its stoner journey where the former album Flesh For Fantasy ended. Again the strongly 70s influenced stoner kind of rock, but this band does not seem to start at the Black Sabbath point. The music is more light-footed than Kyuss or other bands in the genre. Some nice found hooks and riffs, very appropriate drumming with fitting fills and accents, yet the music doesn�t drill through your stomach like a bulldozer. The keyboard intros and some song structures reveal some Uriah Heep influences. The vocals are also something not very common within the genre: really early eighties rock/metal in the verses, and (partly) punky in the choruses. A pretty accessible record for the positive minded party stoner audience.

Red Aim have added a more funkified groove vibe, along with a soulful and jumpy bright atmosphere, leaving the dark sound, literally in the dark for this record. So in other words this record lacks all the doom and gloom, but yet creating an extremely moody vibe. This record does not get redundant. It drives, it crunches, and makes for good listening overall. Red Aim should easily be making waves in the stoner rock scene.

Most of the music on Niagra is high energy driving rock songs, vocals are super melodic and remind me at times of the singer for Big Elf. Guitars remind me a lot of Josh Homme's style/tones but musically it's a bit more mainstream than that. It's Red Aim at their finest. Catchy pop stoner tunes with tons of energy, gotta love it!

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