{"id":25713,"date":"2024-12-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25713"},"modified":"2024-12-05T19:20:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:20:37","slug":"inca-babies-ghost-mechanic-nine-self-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25713","title":{"rendered":"Inca Babies – \u2018Ghost Mechanic Nine\u2019 (Self Release)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u201cSwamp rock, death rock, Gothic post-punk\u2026?\u201d As Inca Babies say themselves, they\u2019re not easy to pigeonhole. But, as ever, all that matters with a new album is \u201cis it any good?\u201d. Well, just as 2024 is coming to an end, this is another release that should be in your Top Ten of the year. Thankfully, I\u2019d seen drummer Rob Haynes\u2019 online post, proudly holding a vinyl copy of \u2018Ghost Mechanic Nine\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the band should be proud. I\u2019ll admit to being more familiar with Rob\u2019s \u2018other\u2019 bands; Membranes and Gold Blade. And there\u2019s some shared DNA with Membranes\u2019 dark, brooding tunes here, though the riffs are perhaps more of a rock nature. I dived in, with no expectations, always useful. I was hooked straight away, from the title track onwards. There\u2019s something here for fans of The Gun Club, Kid Congo and the aforementioned Membranes. I\u2019m also reminded of Bone-Box, another link to Gold Blade, and it\u2019s a relief that bands like this still exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m probably guilty of overusing \u201chypnotic\u201d, but the tunes here really do get under your skin. \u2018Insect Symphony\u2019 being a prime example, with a lyrical nod to The Cramps and a way with a tune that recalls The Righteous Mind. \u2018Augustus Tympan\u2019 slinks along, dirty bass line and angular guitar, and \u2018I\u2019m Stayin Put\u2019 has another upfront bass melody from Jim Adama. Harry Stafford has a great line-up here, it\u2019s just tight enough while keeping a groove throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The Exhaust Of Broken Dreams\u2019 adds organ to the sound, it\u2019s like a dream of Ennio Morricone twinned with The Specials. Special, indeed. \u2018Spacewalk\u2019 brings the twang, a darker version of The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, and \u2018Mercury Is Down\u2019 is punchier, a dark tale, \u201ctime to take a heavy ride\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Deck\u2019 is a shipwreck lament hooked to yet another effective bass line. It\u2019s nice to hear the bass up in the mix, the interplay between bass and guitar across the album is one of its strengths. \u2018Opium Dub\u2019 broadens the soundscape, Spaghetti Dub, perhaps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know what long term followers of the band will make of it. I have yet to explore their back catalogue. But with this, their ninth album, they have a new fan. Judged on its own merits, it\u2019s a dark gem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cSwamp rock, death rock, Gothic post-punk\u2026?\u201d As Inca Babies say themselves, they\u2019re not easy to pigeonhole. But, as ever, all that matters with a new album is \u201cis it any good?\u201d. Well, just as 2024 is coming to an end, this is another release that should be in your Top Ten of the year. Thankfully, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5562],"class_list":["post-25713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-inca-babies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25713","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=25713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25733,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25713\/revisions\/25733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}