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It’s not surprising that Gravity, the debut CD from Fairfax trio Red Henry, is on Blackheart Records, the label of everyone’s favorite bar rocker, Joan Jett. The disc perfectly straddles the canned angst of mid-’90s flanneled frat-boy rock and the stadium-ready sound of mid-’80s pop-metal. Lyrically, Gravity covers rock ‘n’ roll basics, from the working-class-rocker sentiments of “Believe” to the “I don’t know where I’m going” ruminations of “Slingshot” and the “looking for some answers” quandary of “Monkey Wrench.” The production is slick, the playing professional, and the results surprisingly powerful.