{"id":2964,"date":"2018-12-21T05:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2018-12-21T08:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T08:03:07","slug":"the-dahmers-down-in-the-basement-lovely-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=2964","title":{"rendered":"The Dahmers – Down In The Basement (Lovely Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Every now and then I vanish down one of those\u00a0wormholes on this here internet and several hours later with my ears ringing, I’m several pounds lighter as paypals\u00a0til is ringing due to places like Bandcamp where I’ve happened upon some band or other. Well, I’ll be honest The Dahmers name raised an eyebrow and then another once I heard the first three bars of ‘Down In The Basement’ it was obvious to me that this was a band I had to contact and hear the rest of this brand new album.<\/p>\n

These cats aren’t from The northern\u00a0states of America or some sickos from California or Noo Ywk their from the sleepy town of\u00a0Brom\u00f6lla, Sweden. Ah, it makes sense now, of course, their from Scandinavia.\u00a0 There is a spooky vibe as album\u00a0opener ‘Blood On My Hands’ is like a Gatling\u00a0gun firing\u00a0off in all directions at a rapid pace with a sound not a million miles from The Hives with a frantic 12 bar riff and great hook. This is a fine opener and as the song breaks down and the drums sound like an out of control\u00a0Keith Moon I’m already sold. Third album? fuck me where have I been hiding? I feel embarrassed\u00a0as ‘Murder Ride’ kicks my backside from the opening lick we’re off like Hanoi Rocks going out of control these punks have really got it going on.<\/p>\n

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With eighteen songs on the album, they have a sackful of energy and hooks aplenty.\u00a0 It’s catchy as hell, on ‘Street of\u00a0 The Dead’ it’s like an unheard\u00a0T Rex number that’s\u00a0got a modern edge upgrade and it’s so damn good I’m loving it. Drunken sing-a-long choruses and with a real raw Rock ‘n’ Roll bite.\u00a0 There isn’t anything new here but they’ve obviously found that secret formula and I congratulate them on that. Either that or they sold their\u00a0souls to a snake oil salesman in exchange for some magic Rock ‘n’ Roll beans that need to be nurtured\u00a0in the sweat of another five kids from backwater nowheresville who just want a good time and are happy selling some vital organs to get there.<\/p>\n

I honestly couldn’t pick a favourite song because\u00a0there’s\u00a0so many there are enough tracks here for two albums let alone one and songs like the frantic piano tonking\u00a0‘The Ripper’ just sound so fresh.\u00a0 I mentioned earlier that there is Hanoi\u00a0vibe happening maybe ‘self-destruction\u00a0Blues’ era and when the band mix up the melodies and backing vocals on ‘Howling’ its a simple formula but damn it’s so good.<\/p>\n

They touch on early Hellacopters flair on ‘I Spit On Your Grave’ and who wouldn’t be down with that? The sax on ‘Creepiest Crawl’ is inspired as is the breakdown. Pulling these spooktacular tunes together from recordings over the last two years sounds inspired.\u00a0 The backbeat of the pop-tinged\u00a0‘Man Obsessed’ shows that they have variety\u00a0with its almost 60’s jangly\u00a0guitar is the sound of a band who haven’t got boundaries\u00a0and if it sounds good for them then it’s going in and it’s not just crash bang wallop (although they do that really nicely too). ‘November’ could certainly be a Bolan inspired strum. and they even end the album with a late 70’s early 80’s horror flick synth spookout and that makes me smile.\u00a0 The Dahmers are my new favourite band and I can’t get enough.\u00a0 Is there still time to write to Santa to send me all their records? I’ve been a bad bad boy and totally deserve their records and I suggest you click the link and join me.<\/p>\n

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