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<\/a>Australian rock and rollers are back in their corner taking another\u00a0swing<\/p>\nAustralia has got a fine pedigree for making top-notch punk rock n roll from the saints through Radio Birdman and more recently The Chats, Amyl & The Sniffers and who can ignore Main Street Brats and Living End and Cosmic Psychos.\u00a0 Well kids add Black Heart Breakers to that list as their coming of age release is with us.\u00a0 Rotting Out might only have six tunes on it but they are the best the band have written so far and show a quality of songwriting they\u2019ve not displayed thus far and I\u2019m somebody who liked what they\u2019ve done before when I say liked I loved it.<\/p>\n
Having knuckled down and earned their stripes by playing shows with the likes of Radio Birdman this Sydney four-piece have stepped up a notch and deserve your ears for what amasses to six songs in sixteen minutes and within those sixteen minutes, they capture some real genuine magic.\u00a0 They marry some classic influences and make something that isn\u2019t just a copy but have moulded their influences into something they can claim to be their own which isn\u2019t something that every band achieves and isn\u2019t easy to do.<\/p>\n
\u2018Why Not Me\u2019 starts with a thunderous bass and floor tom work out that harnesses some pace and aggression as we hurtle to the gang vocals that the likes of the Living End have made a living off.\u00a0 The production is sharp and sympathetic to the passion that is obvious to anyone listening.\u00a0 It\u2019s great to hear a band firing on all cylinders straight out of the blocks and if this slab of punk rock and roll is an indication of what\u2019s to come then play on!<\/p>\n
The band has made no secrets of loving the Ramones and to be honest there might not be enough bands out there that hold dear the melodies that Da Brothers used to hack out but Black Heart Breakers understand this and thrive off it. \u2018Melody\u2019 might be about a young lady but if she\u2019s listening then she\u2019s gonna be one happy lady because this is excellent. The playing is noticeably better than anything they\u2019ve done before as \u2018Angels Take Me\u2019 has some sumptuous basslines rolling through its melodic sub-three minutes of punk rock.<\/p>\n
Had someone like Green Day released \u2018Save Me\u2019 people would be drooling over it and the gang vocals I bet are great live and having one converse foot firmly planted in Dee Dee’s lyric book it’s all good now\u00a0let’s go Hey Ho!. But the best is coming over the horizon as \u2018Burning Out\u2019 introduces a horn section and as I raise an eyebrow as soon as the first toots hit my speakers I\u2019m sold.\u00a0 This is the finest few minutes that Hayden and the boys have had so far.\u00a0 What a song! The breakdown is Clash-tastic and I mean that as a badge of honour and in no way a bad thing.\u00a0 Fantastic track.<\/p>\n
To take this mini album home \u2018Giving Up\u2019 is a laid-back tune about friendship that builds and builds sure it\u2019s been done a million times but if the song works then do it and this works a treat.\u00a0 I love the rolling drums on the build-up to the chorus and the solo is on fire! Tres bien boys tres bien.\u00a0 One of the most rounded and best mini albums I\u2019ve heard all year. Check out Black Heart Breakers because the world needs youngsters like these they make old men like me fall in love with music over and over again. Cheers!<\/p>\n