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First Listen : Archie And The Bunkers - You're My Pacemaker

Archie And The Bunkers / Powersolo - Roaring Twenties / Fuzzface

  • Published in Singles

First up Archie And The Bunkers serve up ‘Roaring Twenties’ where a promising drum intro (reminiscent of The Shop Assistants’ ‘Safety Net’) leads to frantically jabbed organ hammering, sneeringly indecipherable vocals (“cover your head or you will die” is about all that can be discerned) and, er that’s about it. With no interplay with other instruments, and a lack of dynamics, the sole focus on the (at times) floridly virtuosic organ playing, saps patience and ultimately grates.

More conventional in their guitar and drums set up, PowerSolo offer ‘Fuzzface’; which musically at least, is tamely trashy r‘n’b with an assortment of tremolo, fuzz and overdrive effects. Unfortunately any enjoyment of the music is negated somewhat by distracting and detracting vocals delivered in the style of a free associating, ranting drill sergeant/preacher with a food obsession“hot panini”, “waffles” “Wal-Mart”etc...

The split single is available from Dirty Water Records and iTunes now.

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