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I'm always slightly wary of bands whose name is "The Singer and The
Band", as it reminds me of the 1950s, Happy Days and Buddy Holly. Luckily,
Juliette and The Licks turn this on its head and aren't the kind of band
you'd have seen playing in Al's Diner. Fronted by (and you might have guessed
already by now) American actress Juliette Lewis of Natural Born Killers
fame, the four-piece Licks play a riff loaded melodic garage-rock, think
of AC-DC squaring up for a fight with the Hives who happen to be hiding
behind a slightly pissed up lairy girl and you'll be on the right track.
Opener, Smash and Grab's call and response chorus and lyrics like "pumpin
pistol steel muscle rippin up my feel" wouldn't be out of place on
a Donnas record, especially with the solo that follows.
Sticky Honey shows
a great groove, although the hook borrows heavily from the Angus Young riff
library, while Death of A Whore is a more laid back, 60's style cleaner
tune, not out of place on a Woodstock soundtrack of hippies dancing in the
mud.
Four on The Floor's production is spot on, perhaps helped by a certain
Mr D. Grohl who plays drums on this record, something I only noticed when
I looked in the inlay after hearing some killer fills, the rest of the beats
are solid, but nothing over the top (the mark of a good drummer perhaps?)
In fact, in places you'd be forgiven for thinking Juliette sounds like a
younger Courtney Love, but I wouldn't tell Dave that if I were you.
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production does a good job of keeping you interested, using different guitars
sounds which are heavy but not too aggressive, and vocals which are broken
and shouted, but not too harsh to piss you off - all in all, an impressive
selection of tunes I was pleasantly surprised to find. Hassle are a diverse
label, and it's good to see them putting out this alongside Alexisonfire's
records. Well worth checking out.
3.5/5
Review by Matt |
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Juliette Lewis (Vocals)
Todd Morse (Guitars)
Ed Davis (Drums)
Jason Womack (Bass) |
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1. Smash & Grab
2. Hot Kiss
3. Sticky Honey
4. Killer
5. Death Of A Whore
6. Purgatory Blues
7. Get Up
8. Mind Full Of Daggers
9. Bullshit King
10. Inside The Cage |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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