Broken Bones
jonnythefirth
This has been out a while now, but it’s well worth
mentioning because you might have missed it. That would be a pity.
The album is tagged on Bandcamp as ‘blues punk Virginia’
which may be the first time I have seen those words together in any meaningful
context, but as I listened through the album that description proved fairly
accurate, if a little limited.
By the time you reach 9th track, No Heroes, the raucous guitars are
accompanying a decidedly Virginian bassline and it seems that- just like the barmaid in The Blues Brothers
says- they do both kinds of music, “Country AND Western…!” That said, the
lyrics remain stubbornly Wild West Yorkshire- “I went for a walk down Painthorpe
Lane
Tracks like Pitbull
Blues have a fuzzier, more bluesy edge; overall, this album displays a wide
palate of influences: Dirty Jokes has
a jangly 60s feel to it and Damages,
the longest track at just over five
minutes, slows the pace down and builds to an anthemic chorus- but anthemic in
a good way, yeah!
It is this variety that makes the album an easy listen and
suggests that Johnnythefirth has some real potential sonically; they fuse and
fade between styles comfortably yet never overdo it.
They are safely installed on the bill for Long Division 2013
and I would recommend trying to catch them live because this collection of
songs feels as if they will be even more impressive out in the wild...
Matt Rhodie
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