{"id":7811,"date":"2019-09-12T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7811"},"modified":"2019-09-05T12:29:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:29:25","slug":"the-wildhearts-diagnosis-mini-album-graphite-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=7811","title":{"rendered":"The Wildhearts \u2013 \u2018Diagnosis\u2019 Mini Album (Graphite Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hey Wildhearts fans, are you feeling lucky right now? \u00a0With a critically acclaimed album in the bag, half their discography remastered and available on vinyl, and more live action than a Pornhub subscription can give you, The Wildhearts are giving their fans everything they desire and more. Did I mention the excellent solo album Ginger just dropped in the middle of all this action? It\u2019s called \u2018Headzapoppin\u2019, you should buy it right now.<\/p>\n

Well, if your bank account has recovered, even just a little bit, do you think you can handle splashing out a bit more? Because Ginger and co seem to think you can! \u00a0How about a six track mini album with 5 brand new songs to back up lead track \u2018Diagnosis\u2019, one of the most well received songs from the recent \u2018Renaissance Men\u2019 long player. You can even purchase this beast on 10\u201d splatter vinyl if you are that way inclined. Are you salivating yet?<\/p>\n

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If you are reading this then you have probably heard \u2018Diagnosis\u2019 more times than you\u2019ve had hot dinners already, it\u2019s a keeper! The building AC\/DC riffage that blasts into a gargantuan diatribe, aimed at a system that has fucked so many over. Totally relatable to those who struggle, from the heart of a writer who is struggling more than most of us can imagine. With the anthemic \u201cYou\u2019re not an animal\u201d refrain, it has already become a live favourite and it just had to be a single.<\/p>\n

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But let\u2019s concentrate on the new songs shall we.<\/p>\n

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\u2018God Damn\u2019 sees CJ take lead vocals for a power pop-tastic three and a half minute earworm that wouldn\u2019t sound out of place on one of his own solo albums. Chugging guitars and sneering vocals lead the way. With a signature slow\/fast \u00a0rifforama section, and enough time signature changes than most metal bands manage on a whole album, it\u2019s an epic burst of sleazy noise, something The Wildhearts do so well. Guaranteed to hit the spot, is there a song more aptly titled right now?<\/p>\n

With magnificent, urgent drums from Rich Battersby and killer hooks aplenty, \u2018A Song About Drinking\u2019 is a 2 minute incendiary burst of noise. Anthemic gang vocalisin\u2019, fist pumping \u201cwoah-woahs\u201d and punky melodies aplenty, all the boxes are ticked. What\u2019s not to like here?<\/p>\n

\u2018Could It Be Just Like The First Time\u2019 starts with the chorus refrain. I feel like I\u2019ve heard it before, and you will too, but Ginger always has that knack right? This is the one out of the five that will imbed itself in your subconscious, grab on tight and refuse to leave.<\/p>\n

I wonder if bassist Danny McCormack had a hand in \u2018That\u2019s My Girl\u2019? It sure has a rumbling Yo-Yo\u2019s feel to it. Distorted power chords rule with a catchy chorus to boot. It\u2019s all leather jackets, greased back hair and attitude.<\/p>\n

Uneasy on the ears and not for the fainthearted, closing song \u2018LOCAC\u2019 is a wall of distortion and disjointed riffage that would not sound out of place on \u2018Endless Nameless\u2019 or even a Mutation album come to think of it. Brutal heaviness that could possibly make your ears bleed at the right sound level.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s well known in certain circles that The Wildhearts are the kings of the b sides. How many bands have (or even could) release an album of non-album tracks that can stand tall against their best albums? Oasis have one, anyone else? Well, The Wildhearts could release 3, that is the quality I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n

And that same quality overflows on this mini album that clocks in at just over 20 minutes. Short, sharp and no fucking about. That seems to be Ginger\u2019s outlook for The Wildhearts in 2019 and who are we to argue? As he has just released the perfect companion to \u2018Renaissance Men\u2019 and given his fan base yet another essential release before the year draws to a close.<\/p>\n

Buy Diagnosis Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: Ben Hughes<\/p>\n

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Hey Wildhearts fans, are you feeling lucky right now? \u00a0With a critically acclaimed album in the bag, half their discography remastered and available on vinyl, and more live action than a Pornhub subscription can give you, The Wildhearts are giving their fans everything they desire and more. Did I mention the excellent solo album Ginger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[2396,1878,1875,791,1642,3181,226],"class_list":["post-7811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-cj-wildheart","tag-danny-mccormack","tag-diagnosis","tag-ginger-wildheart","tag-graphite-records","tag-rich-battersby","tag-the-wildhearts","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7811","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=7811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7836,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7811\/revisions\/7836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}