{"id":27420,"date":"2025-11-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27420"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:38:21","slug":"27420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=27420","title":{"rendered":"The Chesterfield Kings – ‘Loose Ends’ (Wicked Cool Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the Jagger Swagger going on the Chesterfield Kings have always been able to turn on on super cool to 11 and on this new record they’ve unearthed an LP of B Sides and rare unreleased cuts tying up any loose ends for sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they rock out like on ‘Live Life’, they can certainly cut the rug with the best of them – raw, rockin, edgy and boundless energy. The Chesterfield Kings ooze class on songs like this. Hailing from Rochester, NY, these cats peddle garage-fueled rock n roll. To be fair, it’s a ferocious collection from one of rock & roll\u2019s most enduring underground legends, even their rough cut of The Quos ‘Matchstick Men’ is rough and edgy, then they spill into some whigged out Hendrix on a pretty reckless ‘Hey Joe’ . Cracking open the vault to deliver a fuzz-drenched feast of rarities, forgotten gems, and unreleased recordings spanning the band\u2019s wildest years is just what the doctor ordered as we head into winter and need some tunes to warm us up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time ever, these deep cuts and obscure one-offs \u2014 many previously scattered across hard-to-find vinyl and CD pressings \u2014 are being\u00a0digitally remastered yet still feel rough and uncut or smoothed over with modern tech. It\u2019s a time capsule of pure rock swagger: stomping rhythms, snarling guitars, and that signature Kings attitude that has influenced generations of garage revivalists and true believers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the deep cuts is a version of ‘Roadrunner’ that has a fantastic rhythm, crashing, banging and a little wallop whilst the guitar sound sharp as hell. I could go through all ten tracks but I don’t want to spoil it lets just say theres a Beach Boys style on ‘Muscle Beach Party’ and we end with a lightening take on ‘White Christmas that soulds like The Boys at their snotty finest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So in essence The Kings covering the likes of The Kinks, The Lyres, and others is a fine addition to any collection,\u00a0‘Loose Ends’\u00a0captures the raw energy and spirit that have always defined The Chesterfield Kings. Go get it and make yourself 27% more hip than you were previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author: Dom Daley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the Jagger Swagger going on the Chesterfield Kings have always been able to turn on on super cool to 11 and on this new record they’ve unearthed an LP of B Sides and rare unreleased cuts tying up any loose ends for sure. When they rock out like on ‘Live Life’, they can certainly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27420","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=27420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27443,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27420\/revisions\/27443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}