If there was ever a local band that I felt had everything in place to break out of the underground/local scene then the Bleedin noses were that band, live they had everything, their own sound, almost impossible to pigeon hole them, each LP getting progressive tighter, further defining their own style. before just prior to a European tour with the Meat puppets and a potential US tour, the band took a Hiatus, stopped dead at that point.

Since then there have been a couple of low key gigs, a reconnect with the Meat puppets and finally some new music to get immersed within. So what does it sound like?

Opener Down starts in a reflective mood, playing out the anguish of the past, Kev’s guitar coming to the fore, moving it away from the lilting Americana that opens so many doorways, Ollie’s vocals as strong as ever.

Next up Frontline again pulls at the Americana but there’s an incessant drumbeat that threatens to tear it away and the vocals start to develop an edge that I’ve not picked up from the guys before, to me moving the music away into something with a much harder edge, I get the feeling that this one is going to become a mainstream entry into the live set. There’s a confidence starting to come through, almost a Fuck it! Here we are, this is what we do.

Initially, we’re into more familiar territory with Nobody’s safe, this is a track that could have fit nicely on both earlier LP’s but something’s definitely changed vocally, it’s maintaining that almost raw edge, and guitar-wise it just takes off, Kev’s electric musings adding a whole new depth and dimension.

Last up Unshakeable for me is the track of this ep, its got an almost punk edge, the spat out at times vocals giving this a totally different slant to earlier music, there’s some serious muso tricks going on, organ, drums and Bass before the guitar just tears your face off,

Summing this up we have a band re-entering the fray, but in no way licking their wounds, a band confident together and with their own demons exorcised. Roll on the new LP I’m liking the subtle changes.

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Author: Nev Brooks