DERAPS – Deraps (2022)
To be released tomorrow, the self-titled “Deraps” is the debut album from Canadian-Australian power trio DERAPS, a young, up-and-coming Rock ‘n’ Roll band consisting of Canadian guitarist and lead singer Jacob Deraps (winner of the 2016 Dweezil & Frank Zappa Fellowship Award), Canadian bassist William Lachance, and Australian drummer Josh Gallagher.
The band is a throwback to 70s and 80s hard rock when fun and energetic riffs were the order of the day. For those of us old enough to remember, the term ‘smile rock’ was used in the 80s, and it was a term attached to one band in particular for their constant happy energy, and huge smiles when performing. That was of course the original Van Halen, and today’s music has a new band that has devoted themselves to plucking a page from history, and bringing back a bit of that sound and energy: DERAPS.
The album brings together 11 songs full of pure rock ‘n’ roll riffs, polished guitar solos and perfectly tuned harmony vocals…
