Album Review

Chickenhawk - Modern BodiesChickenhawk - Modern Bodies

A brutal and searing alt-rock effigy from one of the most exciting bands of 2010. Chickenhawk have shied away from nothing in delivering a record that is a bigger face pummeller than Mike Tyson. Having just finished spreading their Modern Bodies across Europe and the UK whilst touring with Alexisonfire, the Leeds foursome are rapidly building a manic fanbase and keeping the energy from their infamous live shows stamped on the forefront of each and every track on their debut full length studio offering.

Scorpieau kicks in leaving you in no way, shape or form disillusioned as to what you have actually allowed into your life; bigs riffs and stacks of melodic harmonies while Chickenhawk put their own stamp on this classic alt-rock formula in each of the 172 seconds of this ferocious opener. Keeping up the momentum NASA vs ESA chucks in more than a spoonful of experiementation as a side to the venue busting, physics-digging chorus. As the album thrashes along, the lab-worthy combos of metal ridges, dabbles of synthed up vocals and feral riffs that are just downright massive, pull every punch in the geekaphilic Son of CERN and Gravitronic Life-ray Table; whoever said science wasn't cool can backtrack whenever they're ready.

Throughout Modern Bodies, the Northern noiseniks manipulate the laws of chaos enabling them to create an evolving stream of geniuously disordered sonic abrasion. Hate This, Do You Like It? (inclusive of Danny North directed zombie romping must-see video?) followed by My Name Is Egg only add to the band's brain for ear entrancing rock that difuses between metal, hardcore and boulder heavy rock. Clever, unpretentious and as gentile as a sledgehammer to the temple. Not for the faint hearted this may be but if a loud assault of heavy on grot-rock quirk, light on bubblegum tunes is your bag, you will like this. A lot.

Download: All of it. You're iPod is naked without all of Modern Bodies' eleven tracks.
Watch: Hate This, Do You Like It? on http://www.myspace.com/chickenhawk
For fans of: Alexisonfire, Blakfish

4/5

Review by Jessica Acreman

 Band Members

Paul Astick
Rob Stephens
Ryan Clark
Matt Reid
 Track Listing
1. Scorpieau
2. NASA vs ESA
3. The Letdown
4. Son Of CERN
5. The Pin
6. I Hate This, Do You Like It?
7. My Name Is Egg
8. Mandarin Grin
9. Kerosene
10. Gravitronic Life-ray Table
11. Bottle Rocket
 Band Related Links
Chickenhawk Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?