Peter Coyne, The Godfathers only
remaining original member said he wanted their new album to be
a....”Kick arse contemporary Rock'n'Roll record that expands upon
the musical legacy of the great Godfathers albums - Hit By Hit, Birth School Work Death, More Songs About Love And Hate and Unreal World. And I believe
we've done that.” and he's right, they have! Peter maybe the last
man standing, but ….these new boys of his rock in a way The
Godfathers have never rocked before, there are some anthemic moments
like the albums closing track You and Me against the World,
which is a real lighters in the air guitarfest moment for outsiders
everywhere. The whole affair is kicked off by the post apocalyptic
sonic molotov cocktail of the title and opening track A Big Bad
Beautiful Noise, which like several on the album; Defibrillator
and
Feedbacking
have heavy traces and large doses of Hawkwindesq spaced
out psychedelia and Stooges stoner rock, others, like One Good
Reason verge toward Lou Reed and Velvet Underground, while You
Don't Love Me and Lets
Get Higher recall the The Godfathers of old. Then there are some
new Pop/Rock hooks on Till My Heart
Stops Beating and the tribal stomp of Poor Boys Son plus an aching guitar ballad She's Mine It is indeed
contemporary, check out Miss America for a timely attack on
the land of the free, and musically, well some of these tracks
wouldn't sound out of place on a Primal Scream album. Big Bad
Beautiful Noise....It does what it says on the tin and more It is a
potent and explosive mixture of songs, something for everyone, an
album that makes you feel.... so alive! What more can you ask for in
a Rock'n'Roll record?
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