THE GUILTY HEARTS
self-titled
Voodoo Rhythm

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Hispaniola Hellbilly from Blood On The Saddle main rein-wrangler Hermann Senac, this is in a fine filly bursting out of a suitable stable being on the Voodoo Rhythm label. Far more full on and, just to descend into the cliché canyon for a tic, far more muthafuckin' than BOTS splintered crazy horse charging cowpunk. Delicious spit-roasting guitars churn relentlessly like a chapter of razorbacks rampaging around like four legged locusts with the faces of The Ramones racing to the same trucker feast that John Schooley hangs out at with The Makers ('Satisfied', 'Turn It Off'). With the sonic boom bass that really will kill ya mister, it has the comet surfing crush-cruise stoner blues stew of Zen Guerilla wired to the driller killers, erm, drill, coupled with the louche enigmatic-ness, other-worldly urgency of the Gun Club (whos 'Cape Fear' creepy crawl 'Jack On Fire' they serve up as a sacrificial offering) and pure eyed belief in Rock'n'Roll's pimple popping, pineal pulsing, primal pant shredding, but more importantly portentous, POWER. A super saturated sound, sulkilysucking aaaalllll the sweet scum from the sidewalk, living on insects swatted off striplights, singing through the downtown sweltering smog stain, this is one of THE top releases of the year, if not recent years, and I hereby award it 7 out of all the 7 slitherin' and salivatin' slezzzieSt* sins.

*In a stereotype Italian waiters accent.

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-Stu Gibson