{"id":20792,"date":"2023-01-01T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20792"},"modified":"2022-12-24T19:57:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T19:57:29","slug":"new-year-same-old-same-old-quality-the-dwarves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=20792","title":{"rendered":"New year same old same old Quality &#8211; The Dwarves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Throughout the whole of January RPM Online are giving you a Dwarves fact and video every day of the Motherfuckin Month &#8211; Seeing as they&#8217;ve just reissued all their albums on vinyl with extras it seemed only fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Were starting with the handsome Blag The Ripper and his alter ego Ralph Champagne and the lounge banger &#8216;Lolita Goodbye&#8217;  Buy the album <a href=\"https:\/\/mvdshop.com\/products\/blag-dahlia-introducing-ralph-champagne-lp\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mvdshop.com\/products\/blag-dahlia-introducing-ralph-champagne-lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Fact 1<\/mark><\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp;THE DWARVES play music that crosses all rock genres including hardcore, garage, punk, surf, noise, death metal, experimental, industrial, hip\/hop, grunge and good old-fashioned pop. Even their modesty is legendary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LOLITA GOODBYE by Blag Dahlia &amp; Ralph Champagne\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gb9FgNMQ1KM?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Blag Dahlia- &#8216;Introducing Ralph Champagne&#8217; (MVD Records)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a0393202714_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a0393202714_10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a0393202714_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a0393202714_10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a0393202714_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a0393202714_10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a0393202714_10-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a0393202714_10-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a0393202714_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s a naughty boy is that Blag Dahlia, Blag The Ripper or Ralph Champagne.  With a cheeky smile and probably a packet of sweets, Blag goes lounge with this latest offering. Whilst it was released in late 2022 I wanted to save my review and use it as part of my January homage to the Dwarves and all things Dwarve. I cooked Christmas dinner with Ralph on as the go-to lift music or Shopping Mall tunage if you like. I was going to baste the bird with beer or Jager and then I&#8217;d have blamed Blag it would seem like the right thing to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop the needle at the top and Blags dulcet tones break through like a cheeky schoolboy as &#8216;It&#8217;s Over&#8217; fills the air with a cheeky smile but its &#8216;Contraband&#8217; that sent me all in from the softly spoken verses to that insanely catchy countrified singalong chorus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hell &#8216;Lolita Goodbye&#8217; is classic Blag &#8211; Americana, outlaw country, \u201970s pop, it&#8217;s genius. you could play it in front of your gran and she&#8217;d never know. Written in lockdown Blag the crooner hit the jackpot as he runs through the gentle fields of &#8216;Summer Rain&#8217; with his Roger Whittaker whistle and gentle breezy vocals much like the outlaw country of &#8216;Don&#8217;t Tread On Me&#8217;. &#8216;Elementry Love Song&#8217; is that 70s pop song the kind you&#8217;d hear at the Diner before the Fonz walks in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He signs off with the balladeering of &#8216;Shes All Mine&#8217; with its cheeky lyrics and chorus to die for &#8211; of course we saw it coming its Blag The Ripper the filthy swine. Gift it to someone who hasn&#8217;t got a clue or just simply play it on the school run Blag rocks even when hes not Rockin&#8217; Welcome to the fold Ralph you are most welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy <a href=\"https:\/\/thedwarves.bandcamp.com\/album\/blag-dahlia-introducing-ralph-champagne\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thedwarves.bandcamp.com\/album\/blag-dahlia-introducing-ralph-champagne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the whole of January RPM Online are giving you a Dwarves fact and video every day of the Motherfuckin Month &#8211; Seeing as they&#8217;ve just reissued all their albums on vinyl with extras it seemed only fair. 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