Wau
Y Los Arrrghs!!! return with their third album of Spanish language,
gonzo-garage!
You know you're into
for a treat even before pressing the play button for this latest
Slovenly Records release. There's a great photo on this album's back
cover, with the band attending what looks like a wrap party for the
kids' TV show Horrible Histories. It's a party that's seemingly held
in the middle of a wood, with band members sporting a random
selection of costumes. There's a potion wielding wizard, a
toga-wearing Roman threatening the cameraman with a baseball bat,
traditional (Turkish?) national dress, a pistol-totin' woman in a
strapless black dress, and a bare-chested horseman brandishing what
looks to be a highwayman's musket.
For
all this display of arcane weaponry it's vocalist Juanito Wau's
distinctive voice which is likely to do the most damage. With of one
of the most recognisable voices in garage rock, a genuinely menacing,
snarly tone and over the top delivery which lifts the band's music
above that of your average garage band. It matters not that it's all
sung in Spanish and I can't understand a word, it's the feeling that
counts, and the feeling I get from this matches the primal punch of
the music. A raw mix of garage punk, surf, beat and yé-yé, with an
energy level that never dips.
Alongside
seven new and original tracks a hit is tipped to those '60s acts who
continue to inspire, with covers of tracks by The Kinks, Jacques
Dutronc, Cuby And The Blizzards and The Unknowns. Considering their
music is of a genre that's ideally suited to the 7” vinyl single
format, Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!! have pulled it off here, delivering a
long-player that will sit nicely alongside your Back
From The Grave
compilations. Now let me get my fancy dress outfit on so I can go and
find that party!
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