One heavy-sounding album with plenty of nice, melodic bits,
16 Sunsets in 24 Hours falls somewhere between the '90s heavy rock scene, bands like
Helmet and
Quicksand, and the stoner music genre, borrowing some of the best aspects of both. The band's main groove is anchored around thick, bone-crushing guitar and singer Tony's beefy voice, which recalls
Henry Rollins, perfect for the sort of low-end,
Black Sabbath-like crunch
Shallow unleashes on unsuspecting heshers. But
Shallow's vibe isn't all heavy. The song "Titanic" starts out sweet and builds to an awesome hook for the chorus. The band does the soft-loud-soft-loud thing like
Nirvana, and they do it convincingly. However, their lyrics are mostly trite.
Shallow changed their name to
the Last Drop a couple of years after the release of
16 Sunsets in 24 Hours.