Somewhere between an EP and a mini-LP, and housed in a sleeve utilising the photographic technique referenced in the discs title, this debut from Liverpool trio the Loud has a nicely ragged swagger about it. Opening track and recent single \u2018Amy\u2019s Gonna Get You\u2019 is upbeat and insouciant, delivering a defenestrated slice of Bolan-esque bump\u2019n\u2019grind with considerable dexterity. There\u2019s ergs of artfully misdirected energy zapping around the room here in the form of fuzz and squall, and the group seem more than capable of kicking up a right rumpus without having to exceed third gear \u2013 as is evidenced by \u2018Horror Scope\u2019.<\/p>\n
Featuring such fatalistic lyrics as \u2018You\u2019re going to die here, son and I probably will as well\u2019, \u2018A Little Taste of Love\u2019 is a churning mid-tempo lament that possesses a kind of glacial force, driven relentlessly on by a pounding tumbrel cart beat. \u2018There\u2019s A Bomb In The House\u2019 returns us to the Bolan motif, as a T Rex style \u2018la-la-la-la\u2019 backing juxtaposes some sweetness against the considerably less saccharine sound of effects strafing the ersatz flesh from a half-dreamed-of glam anthem.<\/p>\n
\u2018Avida Dollars\u2019 slows the pace to demonstrate, unequivocally, that the Loud also have the woo. Enriched by Pennington Lee\u2019s alliterative vocal turn, this is a louch\u00e9, understated blues\/rock infused number that walks into the black sunset across an extended instrumental coda. Final track, \u2018Magic\u2019 emerges from the opacity of an echo-drenched, Spectorish soundwash, to deliquesce as a soiled-but-crystalline back alley torch song.<\/p>\n
Described as a \u2018religious experience\u2019 live, this six-track certainly provides motivation to join the faithful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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