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For
those of you people who were lucky enough to get your copy of this debut
album by the up and coming legends in their own teatime Johnny Zhivago,
you'll already know that inside the case came a copy of the very limited
edition EP 'Cover Perversions'. Those of you who haven't already bought
the album, well what can I say except get out there fast before these
little darlings are all gone.
As the year has passed we've seen these guys tour their butts off with
the likes of the B Movie Heroes and more recently the Backyard Babies.
Anyone who has been lucky enough to catch them on the road will confirm
that they have rapidly collected a large fan base throughout the UK in
what seems to be a very short space of time. It's been a long time in
coming but finally their debut album is available to the masses and I
can confirm it was well worth the wait.
Vocal duties are shared between Messrs Wray & Maloney, which helps
give the songs that bit more bite. The band are able to swap between
these two front men to tackle a wider range of songs and give them their
utmost chance at sounding just right. You can hear the way these two
singers sneer their way through the cascade of songs, steeped in
attitude and with more bite than a Doberman Pincher. These young dogs
will soon be nipping at the heels of some of the more established
punk-a-billy garage rock bands that we've been used to.
Who could fail to feel the power and the might of 'Rocket 69' with its
guitar shredding riffs and powerful explosion of drums? Want to chill?
Well check out 'Bleed', a saucy little number that captures the sound of
the heady spaced out 60's with the drugs and the sexual freedom they
brought with them. One of the strongest songs on the album is 'No
Compromise' which captures your attention without overpowering your
senses.
Anyone who likes bar-room rock would do a lot worse than check out
'Fresh Meat' with it's catchy beat, terrific hooks, and riffs that will
seduce you while it steals your bottle of Jack D. It's lively, it's
funky, and it's fun. The one track that really makes my spine turn to
jelly is 'Love me like it's the end of the World'. Anyone that can sing
a line like that as breathlessly and with so much emotion, will soon
have more than a few females eating out of the palm of their hand.
So who do we have in the band then and what positions do they take?
Doing the honours on the drums we have Neil Roberts. Guitar duties are
shared between Jamie Hunwicks and Steve Maloney, and the dulcet tones of
the bass are brought to us courtesy of Lee Wray. Together these 4
individuals make up on of the liveliest and most invigorating bands to
see live. Although this debut album by them doesn't do them to full
justice they deserve, it nevertheless gives you a taste of what to
expect and is a worthy debut by the band
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