{"id":24178,"date":"2024-02-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24178"},"modified":"2024-02-05T06:37:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:37:32","slug":"the-hillbilly-moon-explosion-back-in-time-cleopatra-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24178","title":{"rendered":"The Hillbilly Moon Explosion – ‘Back In Time’ (Cleopatra Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With some bands, you always know that a new album is worth the wait. It\u2019s been five years since \u2018The Sparky Sessions\u2019, around the same time that I finally got to see them live. My final gig prior to the pandemic, and thankfully it was every bit as great as anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Back In Time\u2019 sees the variety and class that we\u2019ve come to expect from the band. \u2018Sometimes Late At Night\u2019 swaggers from the speakers, style and substance personified. Emanuela smolders as only she can on \u2018Summerlove\u2019, like the blackest velvet. As with many of their songs, it could easily be the soundtrack to a film noir classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Knocked Down\u2019 you may already be familiar with, as the first video from the album. Oliver\u2019s lead vocal is as smooth as ever, next to his slap bass and Emanuela\u2019s ethereal backing vocals, while Duncan pulls all the right sounds from his Gretsch. \u20181979\u2019 veers towards classic Blondie, clearly a good thing when you can pull it off with panache. Ideally, this would be playing on your radio on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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