Graham Reid | | <1 min read
Shazam
Formed after the demise of the Jim Jones Revue in 2014, this British outfit implode numerous influences from raw blues and psychobilly through offshoots of Nick Cave, Exile-era Stones, Springsteen after a dose Tom Wait's Raindogs, the Gun Club and measure of Biblical rhetoric.
It's a rowdy concoction and titles here include Sex Robot, Satan's Got His Heart Set On You (although the lyrics is actually “Satan's got a hard-on for you”), Attack of the Killer Brainz, Meth Church . . . .
It is more considered than those fly-away titles suggest and while steeped in dark doings it's kinda fun with its sleaze factor, doom-laden humour and concise, back-beat rock songs which are like power pop given a right old going-over.
Hardly essential but enjoyable play-loud rock'n'roll.
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