{"id":16303,"date":"2023-08-13T14:50:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T13:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/?p=16303"},"modified":"2023-09-17T13:41:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T12:41:24","slug":"frankie-and-the-witch-fingers-data-doom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/frankie-and-the-witch-fingers-data-doom\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie and the Witch Fingers: ‘Data Doom’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something is heading our way and it\u2019s coming in fast, hard and slightly insane\u2026.\u2019Data Doom\u2019 by Frankie And The Witch Fingers<\/a> is imminent and it will fry your brain in your head! It seems something or probably many things, have rattled their cages and wound them up and their response is this; a furious howl of rage where nothing is left out and everything goes. But while they may be reflecting desperate times they\u2019re ensuring that you\u2019re facing up to it with heads banging and bones shaking..<\/p>\n

So no gentle intro here\u2026we\u2019re straight into \u2018Empire\u2019 \u2013 7 \u00bd minutes of frenzied but controlled super speed space rock with more going on than some entire albums manage; speed freak Sabbath riffs, fuzzy 60s garage blurs, never staying in any place or time for too long. The momentum then doesn\u2019t let up for the rest of the album; if that makes it sound a bit samey think again \u2013 there\u2019s plenty going on here, so many idea\u2019s, thoughts and sounds that the band are almost tripping over themselves trying to get it all down\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2018Burn Me Down\u2019 – unhinged garage punk colliding with LA desert rock \u2013 with horns! and \u2018Electricide\u2019 everything faster than everyone else Motorhead mayhem – would both be mental in a live setting ..but then so would the entire album!<\/p>\n

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Although \u2018Syster System\u2019 starts at a slightly slower and more controlled pace, it seems the witchy fingers can\u2019t control themselves for too long before they\u2019re off again; multiple changes of tempo, a good singalong chorus and a whole range of instruments and sounds employed to deliver the message.<\/p>\n

Just when we think you\u2019re savvy to what\u2019s going on and expecting another dose of the same we\u2019re thrown into a different zone entirely \u2013the choppy guitars and a steamy chugging funk undertow, wah wah blaxploitation soundtrack vibes of \u2018Weird Dog\u2019. \u2018Doom Boom\u2019 continues the exuberant and fried trajectory -a weird and whacked out dance track with a dirty funky bassline and catchy chorus. Feels like the ghost of Prince tried to bust in on the recording session for the second half of this album, bringing Miles Davis with him and elbowing Lemmy out of the way…<\/p>\n

\u2018Futurephobic\u2019 takes yet another twist\u2026driven by a pulsing synth, pace not letting up, it\u2019s a frantic and paranoid future electro punk floor filler, with a mutant choir thrown in naturally\u2026. Check out the insane video here\u2026.although avoid if consumer clowns give you nightmares!<\/p>\n