''Pressure & Time'' is the second studio album by American rock band

Rival Sons Rival Sons is an American rock band formed in Long Beach, California, in 2009. The band consists of Jay Buchanan (lead vocals), Scott Holiday (guitar), Dave Beste (bass guitar) and Michael Miley (drums). They are joined by keyboard player Todd ...

. It was released on June 20, 2011, in the UK and was released in the United States on June 28, 2011, through UK independent label

Earache Records Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by rel ...

. The cover artwork was designed by

Storm Thorgerson Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April 2013) was an English graphic designer and music video director. He is best known for closely working with the group Pink Floyd through most of their career, and also created album or other a ...

, who had worked for

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are ci ...

and Pink Floyd before. A music video has been released for title track "Pressure & Time", which features the band performing in different backgrounds. The title track was also used as the theme song of the 2013 action-adventure game, action-adventure video game ''Ride to Hell: Retribution'', was featured in the movie Swearnet: The Movie, Swearnet and in the commercial for the 2024 Chevrolet Chevrolet Silverado, Silverado (reference needed). The track ''Get Mine'' was featured in a Jeremiah Weed premium malt beverage television advertising campaign showing an arm wrestling competition.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor William Ruhlmann noted how the band was an oddity in Earache's mostly death metal roster but gave praise to their musical ability to harken back to late 1960s hard rock reminiscent of

("Pressure & Time", "Gypsy Heart") and "Hush (Deep Purple song), Hush"-era Deep Purple ("All Over the Road"), concluding that "anyone who likes that kind of music should overlook the implications of the record label and check out Rival Sons." Joseph Giannone of Cinema Blend was ambivalent towards the record, commending the band's catchy musicianship for capturing late 1960s and 1970s hard rock, but felt it lacked virtuosity and a style to call their own. He singled out the title track, "Gypsy Heart" and "Face of Light" for showcasing the band's potential in their given subgenre and should be used as a blueprint to follow, saying that "instead of concerning themselves with easily digestible music, then maybe this album would have been distinguished."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted credits from the liner notes of ''Pressure & Time''. ;Rival Sons * Jay Buchanan – vocals * Scott Holiday – guitar * Robin Everhart – bass * Michael Miley – drums ;Additional musicians * Arlan Shierbaum – Wurlitzer, B3 ("Only One" and "Face of Light") ;Production * Dave Cobb – production * Pete DiRado – recording, engineering * Mark Rains – mixing * Pete Lyman – mastering

Charts

Album

References

2011 albums Earache Records albums Rival Sons albums Albums produced by Dave Cobb {{2010s-rock-album-stub