{"id":23043,"date":"2023-08-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=23043"},"modified":"2023-08-26T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T19:31:11","slug":"diamond-dogs-about-the-hardest-nut-to-crack-wild-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=23043","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Dogs – ‘About The Hardest Nut To Crack’\u00a0(Wild Kingdom)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sweden\u2019s finest purveyors of honky tonk flavoured rock n’ roll return with a new long player, just over 18 months after the luscious double album offering \u2018Slap Bang Blue Rendezvous\u2019 hit the shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems nothing can keep Sulo and the boys from delivering good time rock n’ roll like the last 6 decades of musical innovation never happened. The Faces meets The Stones is a good rut to be stuck in and we wouldn\u2019t want it any other way, not when the songs are this good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written and recorded over an 8-day period and recorded in old school analogue, \u2018About The Hardest Nut To Crack\u2019 sees the Swedish band in fine form from the word go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 bar boogie blues is the name of the game with opener \u2018Get A Rock n Roll Record\u2019 and the message is as simple as the three-chord progression it rides on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up \u2018Blight The Life\u2019 is one of those life affirming, instantly familiar Sulo melodies. You\u2019ve know you\u2019ve heard it before, but you\u2019re not quite sure where. Was it Rod, Jagger or Monroe? Who knows, or even cares as a mournful fiddle leads us down an emotive road, one we love to frequent again and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The low-slung rock n’ roll of \u2018Wring It Out\u2019 has plenty of Faces swagger and it\u2019s a raucous party that Sulo and the boys are jamming, with gospel-tinged backing vocals, stabs of keys and a certain boogie-woogie swagger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are earworms aplenty on offer. The likes of \u2018Gurus and Gangsters\u2019 and \u2018Desiree, Yet Another Lonely Mile\u2019 are pure euphoric nostalgia, and about as 70\u2019s as listening to the top 40 run down whilst scoffing a Sunday roast. Songs that groove in a certain way and insist you turn up that dial and dance like no one is watching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sulo\u2019s reflective lyricism recalls the good times and the tight musicianship but loose delivery backs it all up in just the right way. The banjo action on ‘Old Timer’ gives a rustic, partisan feel that sits well with the low-slung guitars and gravelly vocals. The sloppy, but perfectly delivered solo as worn and weathered as the vintage gear it is played on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The glam slam, foot-stomping closer ‘Rising From The Ruins Of Rock n Roll’ sees the band sign off by telling us to spin them records one more time and not to forget the reason they (and we) do this thing they call rock n’ roll anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new Diamond Dogs record is always cause for a celebration, and ‘The Hardest Nut To Crack’ does exactly what you would expect. Naysayers may argue that Sulo and the boys are doing nothing new and shock horror, may even be classed as ‘generic’, but you know what? Sometimes I want something familiar, something that doesn’t stray from the path and delivers exactly what I expect it to, and the Diamond Dogs do it every time. Get this rock n’ roll record, play it loud and spread the word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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