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Australian five piece, The Beasts of Bourbon are back after a ten year
hiatus for reasons best unasked or forgotten. With six albums of raw,
trashy rock and roll, The Beasts of Bourbon have carved their name large
and indelibly in Australian rock lore.
‘I don’t care about nothing anymore’ is the albums opening
track and the first thing I thought of was that it sounded a lot like
the Stones. The song has a catchy opening with some bluesy guitar work
and some Mick Jagger style vocals. This track is a good track but nothing
is that special about it.
Track three, ‘I told you so’ reminds me so much of the famous
Kinks number, ‘ You really got me’, and if you don’t
know the song, check out track three of this album and you will know exactly
what I mean. Although the guitar riff is very repetitive, it is one of
my favourite tracks as the catchy repetitiveness gives you something to
really get into.
The track ‘Little Animals’ really mellows out with some really
progressive instrumental work, lazy, laid back drumming with some mellowed
out, almost whiney vocals. The blend really makes the track work well
as you can imagine this band being totally spaced out and just lazily
playing along. The song gradually builds up and towards the end, the song
finishes with some more aggressive guitar work as everyone else is still
playing lazily which underpins the track perfectly.
‘The Beast I Came To Be’, follows on and is totally the opposite
to Little Animals, the song is quick, upbeat and full of energy. The guitar
work is very clever in this and the drumming is quick with loads of little
fills. ‘Sleepwalker’ is next in and it opens up with a really
trashy, sludgy, bluesy feel. If you want to hear the ultimate song where
blues meets trashy rock, then this is it. The instrumental parts are distorted,
strong and sludgy with some scratchy vocals sitting on top.
The final track ‘Thanks’ was first played at a benefit gig
for a previous member who had broken his back. The song is very tongue
in cheek and has a bluesy little melody with many spoken ‘thanks’
over the top. It finishes off the album not too seriously and with a little
bit of humour.
Overall, The Beasts of Bourbon have impressed me, although some of the
tracks could get a little boring, as a whole, Little Animals is a good
album. The band are Supergrass meets The Rolling Stones and AC/DC with
a bit of raw blues thrown in.
4/5
Review by Charlotte |
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Tex Perkins (Vocals)
Spencer Jones (Guitar)
Charlie Owen (Guitar)
Brian Hooper (Bass)
Tony Pola (Drums) |
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1. I Don't Care About Nothing Anymore
2. I'm Gone
3. I Told You So
4. Master And Slave
5. Little Animals
6. Beast I Came To Be
7. Sleepwalker
8. Too Much Too Late
9. New Day Of The Dead
10. Thanks |
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Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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