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Many people are already claiming that Blakfish will
be the punk band of 2009, well I personally can’t
see them being the punk band of 2009 especially
when bands like the Gallows, Ghost Of A Thousand,
Billy Talent, NOFX, Rancid etc have already released
top class albums this year, but from what I have
heard of Blakfish I do think they could be one of
the best new punk bands of 2009 especially if the
rest of the tracks on their album are as good as
their new single ‘If The Good Lord Had Intended
Us To Walk He Wouldn’t Of Invented Rollerskates’.
‘If The Good Lord Had Intended Us To Walk
He Wouldn’t Of Invented Rollerskates’
is a great track, it starts off sounding a bit
like Johnny Foreigner with its duel catchy vocals,
and as far as I know both bands are quite good
friends and both hail from Birmingham, anyway
just when you think you have heard it all the
song turns aggressive with hardcore sounding vocals
and a wide mix of heavy instrumental work, the
vocals forever change from being melodic to aggressive,
and the aggressive vocals forever change from
being straight forward aggressive to scream your
bollocks off raw aggressive, Blakfish have crammed
so much into the one song they seem to mix punk,
hardcore and indie and come up with a killer sound,
a sound that deserves to be taken seriously.
The b-side of the single is a cover of ‘Charmer’
by Kings Of Leon, now ‘Charmer’ is
one of my favourite Kings Of Leons songs ever
written and it’s good to hear Blakfish cover
the song , I am sure many Kings Of Leon hardcore
fans will think Blakfish have murdered the song
as that is exactly what I thought after 20 seconds
or so of listening to the track but after listening
to it over a few times I realised that I really
like what these guys have done with the song,
they have made it sound so much more raw and aggressive,
they have turned the guitars up to eleven, they
have also added in extra big sounding riffs, the
screaming vocals of “I’m such a Charmer
oh no” are very spooky and brutal sounding,
this is a cover that shows off all the strengths
of Blakfish
The debut album from Blakfish is released on
the 10th August on Hassle Records; I am really
looking forward to it and hope that the album
features more songs of the high quality that’s
featured on this single and the B-side.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Thomos Pockott
Rochord Loo
Robort Wosoly
Somool Monvollo |
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1. If The Good Lord Had Intended Us To Walk He Wouldn’t
Of Invented Rollerskates
2. Charmer |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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