Coming on like the best bar band you never heard, this is bourbon on the rocks rock n roll with the bells and whistles. I always go back to my Johnny Thunders, Hanoi Rocks and early 70s Stones and the Faces when they were poor for my Rock n Roll fix, and I keep praying for that revival when it’s cool for kids to dress up, smear on some guyliner and pour out a few sharpeners whilst the amps get turned up to 11. Rock n Roll is meant to be reckless, exciting and a little bit on the dangerous side. It’s not meant to be sterile, safe and compressed to within an inch of its life. The Dolls never did it, Aerosmith lived from day to day kicking out the jams, so when I hear a band opening up their main arteries and I hear their blood spilling on the turntable to the tune of Keith and Sylvain, I sigh with relief and turn the fucker up!

It’s not rocket science or math rock baby, when ‘Satin Doll’ dances out of the speakers, You can tell these cats have got it going on brothers and sisters and my speakers are off the critical list no need for a defribulator they’ve just had the kiss of life from Nico Bones baby. A big grooving riff, overdriven amps, a cool back beat, some barroom joanna, gang vocals Hell Yeah! The drinks are on us!

Lets get excited for some timeless Rock N’ Roll as ‘Judy’ enters the party swinging a bottle and the vital ingredients intact. NYC sleazy punk ‘n’ roll straight outta the Californian sunshine. Bluesy, boozin’ and smokin’ hot. They play that slide like Joe Perry’s life depended on it, and they were clearly paying attention.

They don’t care if they’ve borrowed a chord progression off Sweet or Slade, and they are proud to be struttin’ around in Jaggers sequins. The energy of ‘Hard Pill To Swallow’ is there for everyone to hear. Hell, they even throw in the correct spelling of ‘LUVE’ on ‘Bottle Of Luve’ before slowing things down for a serious groove on ‘Brown Sugar’. The Quireboys sounded like this once. It’s not all party party party, you have to come down sometimes and chill beside the pool. ‘Sidewinder’ is like they’d just liberated a Green On Red album from a house they’d just raided. I’m only gutted it’s just your six-shooter and not more. I guess we won’t have to wait too long for the follow-up guys there must be a whole bunch more where this came from. Buy it, it’ll make you more attractive and live longer and you’re record collection will be so much better for it.

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Author: Dom Daley