Freewheeler/ Brainwashed By Amalia– Truck Driver Heaven (Sleazey)
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A beautifully designed and executed split EP from aptly named Portuguese label Sleazey that pairs UK boogie-raunch kingpins Freewheeler with homegrown stoner-trash doods Brainwashed by Amalia. Freewheeler kick off the dirt party with the amazing “Whiskey and the Pills”, a two-chord love song to rampant self-destruction that’s part AC/DC, part Gary Glitter, and just rocks like crazy. “Man Not a Woman” is a slinky cock rocker about…well, I think it’s about a girl with a cock. And why not, really? “Cold Affection” is a surprisingly effective Southern rock ballad that brings to mind the Four Horsemen, and “We Love the Drugs”? Well, what do you think, man? Lessee...big ol’ hooks, crunching riffs, and a stubborn dedication to good-natured depravity. Sleaze rock doesn’t get much sleazier – or better- than Freewheeler, man.

Portuguese desert rockers Brainwashed by Amalia fuzzblast their way through 3 epic-length stoner metal tracks filled with loping monstergroove riffs and extended acid-jams. “Miles Away” takes an almost punk approach, with a stuttering military drum-beat and some snarly vox, but the real proof-in-the-pudding with these fellas is found in the 6 minute plus “Caravan”, a sundazed feast of Fu Manchu groove, Sabbath heaviosity, and a seriously odd accent (Listen as “Caravan” turns into “Kill a Man” before yr very ears). I can feel my beard growing shaggier just by listening to these guys.

Sleazey have got a good thing going with this series of bitchin’ splits. Of course, I highly doubt there’s a truck driver on the planet that’d listen to either of these bands, cuz most truckers just listen to maniac right-wing talk shows and old Bobby Goldsboro tapes that they picked up at gas stations for a buck-fifty, but what the hell. Killer EP anyway.
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