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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nSome chump pipes up every few years with the \u201crock n roll is dead\u201d nonsense. As usual, you have to know where to look. And we at RPM have been championing Black Bombers for some time now. With their latest upcoming album \u2018Vive La Revolution\u2019, they have potentially one of the best albums of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the added sonic muscle of Steve Crittall on guitar, \u2018No Pity\u2019 is righteously furious. The band are energised and focused, the mid-song breakdown is perfectly timed. \u2018Everything Is Ruined\u2019 comes across like a feral Buzzcocks, I keep hitting \u2018play\u2019 on this one. \u2018Pretty Boy\u2019 nails a primitive, hypnotic riff, and \u2018Loose Lips\u2019 is a snappy two minutes that shows their poppier side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Last Bite\u2019 is epic, and \u2018Good Times Gone\u2019 shows their contemporaries how to do it, there\u2019s no shortage of great tunes here. The Bombers take the garage rock blueprint and inject some excitement and enthusiasm into it. You could even imagine Birchy smiling. Almost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018What Do You See?\u2019 proves they can do something more delicate without losing their identity, before \u2018The Price\u2019 ramps things up again. \u2018Sometimes\u2019 is the last original Bombers tune, and no slouch, before they batter one of my favourite Bowie tunes. Yes, \u2018Boys Keep Swinging\u2019 emerges bruised and glorious, sounds like Steve enjoyed letting rip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n