Gettin' feisty with
Denmark's latest contenders for the garage rock crown.
If you want that
authentic 60's beat and garage sound there's a couple of places in
Europe you could go, the best choice by far being Liam Watson's Toe
Rag Studios. That's where Denmark's gutsy retro-rockers Thee Attacks
chose to record their debut album. And for those who care about these
things (and you should) it's in punch-packing mono.
The band's sound
unashamedly harks back to the early to mid 1960's proto-mod and Brit
group R & B. Think pills, think sharp dressed youths, think
ripped-speaker rawness. Think live bands at Liverpool's Cavern or
Hamburg's Star Club or Kaiserkeller. The closest comparison musically
would be The Who or more specifically The Detours or The High
Numbers. With no room for introspection and highfaluting concepts,
this is music for letting off steam to, music for dancing all night
to, music that's stripped back to basics, no sloppy jamming, or
extraneous polishing, just tight up-tempo songs played with energy
and ruck inducing attitude. It's refreshingly unpretentious and well
executed.
The band will be back
on UK shores for some live dates early next year, until then this LP
will do nicely.
Click here for Thee
Attacks' website.
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