Inward Eye is only a three-piece band, but the sound they produce is much bigger than their size lets on. This band of brothers’ self-titled, four-song EP begins with Shame, a foot-stomping, fists-in-the-air rock chant, with an unrelenting power that carries on through the rest of the tracks (Blind Paranoia, You Know I Know and Times They Aren’t A Changin’). Snarling, hyper vocals cut through thunderous, tight drumming and bouncing guitar riffs in this collection of songs. If they can harness that much energy just in the studio, I’d love to see what they are capable of live. Inward Eye sounds like everything you would expect a good rock band to be.

Published in Volume 63, Number 23 of The Uniter (March 12, 2009)