{"id":7591,"date":"2019-08-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7591"},"modified":"2019-08-20T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T17:28:09","slug":"tv-crime-metal-town-alian-snatch-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7591","title":{"rendered":"TV Crime &#8211; Metal Town (Alian Snatch Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a0539216374_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7592 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a0539216374_10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a0539216374_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a0539216374_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a0539216374_10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a0539216374_10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a0539216374_10-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a0539216374_10-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a0539216374_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve loved the singles from TV Crimes and waited patiently for a full album from the East Midlands noisemakers and finally here it is &#8216;Metal Town&#8217; is everything I wanted it to be and more. Punchy, noisy, melodic no bullshit Rock and Roll.\u00a0 Seems perfect, but once you lock into the groove they&#8217;re &#8216;Jamming out on &#8216;Neo Waltz&#8217; then you too will find them irresistible. They have elements of a young Elvis Costello in the vocal delivery and plenty of 60 ft Dolls and the likes of S*M*A*S*H and These Animal Men are in there as well in their approach to songwriting and pop music hooks.\u00a0 Just listen to opener &#8216;Hooligans&#8217; and tell me differently? When it came out as a single I had to get it &#8211; A fantastic opener by anyone&#8217;s standard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In The Gutter&#8217; is aggressive like Wellar fronting Buzzcocks on some Diggle numbers. Rolling with a Parkinson&#8217;s vibe its got an excellent hook &#8211; I love the chorus and can imagine bouncing around in some dingy club as this pounds my eardrums.\u00a0 Its been too long since the UK had a band that could cross over many genres and draw in punters on the strength of their songs alone. well, I recon TV Crime have got the chops to pull it off.\u00a0 I remember the NME wetting their collective pants when the Libertines did house calls and Camden was buzzin&#8217; well its been too long since the streets had that going on but there are a few bands around right here right now who could carry it off. The band drag in the punk rock snot of &#8216;Can&#8217;t Remember Your Name&#8217; it&#8217;s got an attitude, not unlike Cyanide Pills.<\/p>\n<p>You can tell when you have an album this good on the player because when it&#8217;s finished you shove it back on again and a month later your still thinking the same. It&#8217;s trashy punk rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll and these boys do it over and over again.\u00a0 They make it sound so easy.\u00a0 The bands last singles B side &#8216;Clocking Out&#8217; is included next with its fast stomping twelve-bar kicking rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no reinventing the wheel here and they haven&#8217;t gone and discovered some brand new genre of music that will spearhead a brand new youth culture or sweep in some new craze for the 21 century what TV Crime have is a war chest full of top tunes from the slower more purposeful &#8216;Television Crime&#8217; to the out and out Rock and Roll of &#8216;Man In The Pub&#8217; or the yobbish &#8216;Never Been In Love&#8217; its sweaty packed out club night Rock and Roll and you might not know it but you need it &#8211; trust me.\u00a0 \u00a0Just Buy it its a fuckin&#8217; great time on record loud rock and roll with plenty of punch and the occasional swift kick to the knackers &#8211; &#8216;Ave It!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buy Digital &#8216;Metal Town&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/tvcrime.bandcamp.com\/album\/metal-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Physical Vinyl <a href=\"https:\/\/aliensnatch.bandcamp.com\/album\/tv-crime-metal-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve loved the singles from TV Crimes and waited patiently for a full album from the East Midlands noisemakers and finally here it is &#8216;Metal Town&#8217; is everything I wanted it to be and more. 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