{"id":8360,"date":"2019-09-19T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=8360"},"modified":"2019-09-14T20:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T20:06:05","slug":"king-salami-and-the-cumberland-3-kiss-my-ring-damaged-goods-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=8360","title":{"rendered":"King Salami And The Cumberland Three \u2013 \u2018Kiss My Ring\u2019 (Damaged Goods Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ah man. A new King Salami album is always something to be celebrated. Do you dig trashy, primal rock \u2018n\u2019 roll as much as we do at RPM? Do you like your rhythm & blues to seriously kick some arse? And do you by chance like sausages? Well, you\u2019re in the right place then, as this 8 legged groove machine straight outta Wurstville (that\u2019s somewhere in London town to us normal folks!) pack clubs all over Europe and Asia with their energetic live shows.<\/p>\n

\u2018Kiss My Ring\u2019 is their fourth long player and the follow up to 2017\u2019s \u2018Going Back To Wurstville\u2019, and with their ever-cool retro themed artwork and sonically seductive sound, it would make a mighty fine addition to your record collection.<\/p>\n

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The title track opens the album and sees the band blast back in fine form. \u201cGet on your knees and kiss my ring!\u201d is the vocal refrain the whole band shout over a primal burst of 50\u2019s rock \u2018n\u2019 roll. Full of mad percussion and sax appeal, it comes on like a 50\u2019s dancehall twist. Snappy beats, furious bass runs, choppy riffs and howlin\u2019 vocalizin\u2019, what\u2019s not to like here?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a veritable smorgasbord of influences, which is hardly surprising when the crazy cats that make up this four piece come from France, Spain, the Caribbean and Japan, yet reside in London town. Years of treading the boards of clubs and toilet venues throughout Europe, the world and even Peckham! Yes, this band has put in the hours and it shows in their music.<\/p>\n

The choppy, Wilko Johnson inspired riffage of T Bone Sanchez cuts through the mustard and makes their mash up of The Sonics, The Rezillos and James Brown an exciting proposition indeed. Don\u2019t let overly silly song titles such as \u2018Oofti Goofti (Wild Man Of Borneo)\u2019 and \u2018 The Jellybutt Of Timbuktoo\u2019 fool you, this band play harder and faster than most so called punk bands you see on the circuit these days and they are tighter than a duck\u2019s arse!<\/p>\n

Shake and twist to the likes of \u2018Don\u2019t Make Me Mad\u2019 and try your best not to move to the groove as the King urges you to do \u2018The Pulpo Dance\u2019 in his unmistakable tones.<\/p>\n

The band have never been afraid to bash out a few instrumentals and the likes of \u2018Stormy\u2019 and \u2018Space Spy\u2019 have enough going on musically to capture the imagination and get them old hips a moving! Dick Dale and Link Wray eat yer heart out!<\/p>\n

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With not a meat related lyric in sight (unless you take the title track the wrong way!) \u2018Kiss My Ring\u2019 is a vegan\u2019s delight, lyrically more about… well, I don\u2019t really know what they are on about most of the time, but I know they have the power to incite a riot in your pants and an itching feeling in yer old size nines.<\/p>\n

Down and dirty garage rock, inspired by the best sounds from the 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s, King Salami And The Cumberland Three are the perfect party band and \u2018Kiss My Ring\u2019 captures their essence to perfection.<\/p>\n

Buy ‘Kiss My Ring’ Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Author: Ben Hughes<\/p>\n