| Adam Lasher is a man who can erase all doubts with a guitar in his clutches. He
also happens to be Carlos Santana's nephew, basically making him a rock 'n' roll
demigod. Love for Granted is the band's debut album and it's a king-hell bastard
of musical expression. From the first spine-tingling chords of "Valley Below,"
to the band-wide jam at the heart of "Arachnid," the listener is treated to a
journey through tales of love found and lost. The tunes are certainly danceable,
if that's your thing, but they are also legit musical enterprises.
Lasher is undoubtedly the star of the show, his guitar sound being mostly
akin to (surprise) Santana's. But the supporting cast is equally talented - all
four members are graduates of Boston's Berklee College of Music - proof positive
that the band is more than just a collection of hacks trying to bank on one of
its members' platinum lineage.
If songs about such plebeian topics like love and want get your shorts in a
knot, have no fear. "Dance for Me" is a sexually-charged humdinger that employs
a tantalizing piano riff and seductive vocals in order to blow straight past the
heart in favor of the crotch. "Dance for me, dance for me," sings Lasher, "you
know I like it when you're making it wet for me." It's a message that people of
all breeds and creeds can raise a glass to. (self-released)
http://www.myspace.com/adamlasherband | 
