“Arterial crushing and bubblegum throb. Babydoll fibres and kinderwhore punk. The tenderised splendour of gristle and sinew… It leaks like a slick oil from sweat-sullied pores”
Author: RatsontheRun
“In gentler moments we’re folk psychedelic, loose and unwound, almost gentle. For the rest there’s a network of reincarnations; Black Flag, Queens Of The Stoneage, Fugazi, Shellac…You can almost hear the dirt of the Desert Sessions calling amongst all the gumption and grit.”
“There’s pop punk and glam, there’s huge swathes of pomp against orchestral swells, there’s wit not just in words but in music. It’s overblown, bloated and beautiful, with a Bat Out Of Hell next of kin.”
Music in brief – Singles Roundup Part 1…
Headclouds – ‘Marmalade’ / Juniper Nights – ‘Birth Right’ / El Toppo – ‘Stig of the Dump & Ogglet’.
Imagine a home printed scuffed up cassette-tape gets pressed into your clam sweaty hands, you’re told ‘right here’s […]
With a back alley black market grease slickened sleaze, Killer Tone Jones comes out sliding and grinding. It […]
“Don’t be kid by easy feelings, don’t be fooled by cool pop vibes… a whole range of regrets and could have done betters can get made in those long still-warm evenings.”
…For three minuets I knew someone intimately, for three minutes I was someone else…
Rats on the Run 