{"id":25109,"date":"2024-08-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25109"},"modified":"2024-08-01T21:45:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:45:31","slug":"dangereens-chicalien-snatch-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25109","title":{"rendered":"Dangereens – ‘Chic'(Alien Snatch! Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The band Dangereens came to my attention back in 2021 with their mighty fine debut long player \u2018Tough Luck\u2019. \u201cHanoi Rocks meets The Georgia Satellites jamming in a smoky bar with The Rolling Stones\u201d is how I described the debut long player from this Montreal based 5 piece. And I\u2019m happy to report that with the surprise release of their sophomore album \u2018Chic\u2019, not much has changed in the Dangereens camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the cool swagger of the Stones, the trashiness of The Dolls and the countrified twang of Tom Petty, Hugo Chartrand and his band return with a 13-track sophomore album that warms to the soul from the first digital drop of the needle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all kicks off with \u2018Fly By Nighter\u2019, a 70\u2019s glam rock stomp of an opener, with sleazy Faster Pussycat style low slung riffs, sneering vocalisin’ courtesy of main man Hugo Chartrand, and there’s even some cowbell thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country twang of \u2018Death On Two Wheels\u2019 is a welcome addition and builds nicely, Tom Petty meets The Stones for the win. Three tracks in and \u2018Kingdom Of White Lies\u2019 shows singer and main songwriter Hugo’s knack for a catchy tune. A 50’s rock n’ roll feel to this with boogie-woogie piano stabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I mean, I\u2019m pretty much sold already, The Dangereens didn\u2019t have much to prove in my eyes (or ears) and they are holding up to the word \u2018sophomore\u2019 so far. The band take a deep breath and take things down with \u2018Walk On Water, a laid-back tune that evokes ‘Black and Blue’ era Stones, as twin guitars fight for low down licks over a lazy but tight-ass rhythm section. In a similar vein, \u2018Any Day Now\u2019 sounds like it coulda come from the Ju Ju Hounds album sessions, did they give Izzy or Rick Richard\u2019s a call for this one, I wonder?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The band records in analogue with minimal takes and there\u2019s a lot to be said for that approach to recording a rock n’ roll record. \u2018Chic\u2019 just sounds like a classic 70\u2019s record before you\u2019ve even hit side 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking of side 2, we’ll let the music do the talking, but a special mention goes out to the fantastic \u2018Chlorine\u2019 in all its boogie-woogie, glam glory and what a killer bass line! They don’t make ’em like anymore. That my friends is a strong tune with an overly catchy chorus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, with handclaps, twin guitars and a definite glam stomp, \u2018Friday Night\u2019 outdoes Tuk Smith in the T Rex meets Thin Lizzy meets Bryan Adams groover stakes. The title \u2018Hallelujah\u2019 suggests a rousing chorus to sing from the rooftops and Hugo and the boys deliver in spades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 tracks in 40 minutes leaves enough space on one side of a C90 to squeeze on a couple of tracks from their debut EP for good measure if anyone still does that sorta thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good times don\u2019t go out of style and Dangereens have plenty to go around. I\u2019ll give you one piece of advice, if you have even a smattering of interest in this band, head over to Alien Snatch Records Bandcamp page and order this bad boy on old school vinyl before it sells out, tell them RPM sent ya and we demand a UK Tour quick sharpish. \u2018Chic\u2019 could be my favourite album of the year and is certainly essential listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author: Ben Hughes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The band Dangereens came to my attention back in 2021 with their mighty fine debut long player \u2018Tough Luck\u2019. \u201cHanoi Rocks meets The Georgia Satellites jamming in a smoky bar with The Rolling Stones\u201d is how I described the debut long player from this Montreal based 5 piece. And I\u2019m happy to report that with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[8555,1787,1818,1710,1681,1680,1701,1833,2052],"class_list":["post-25109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-alien-snatch-records-2","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-new-album","tag-rpm-online","tag-rpmnews1","tag-rpmonline","tag-tcb","tag-tourlife","tag-vinyl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25111,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25109\/revisions\/25111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}