Wednesday 26 January 2011

The Chelsea Smiles - 36 Hours Later (2006)

The sticker on the cd cover states that The Chelsea Smiles feature ex members of Murphy's Law, D-Generation and Danzig. TCS are Todd Youth, Skye Vaughan Jayne, Johnny Martin and Karl Rosqvist and they play in your face rock 'n' roll - simple as that. No gimmicks, just sweaty black catchy groove 'n' roll and it rocks far more than say a so-called supergroup like Circus Diablo. It's drunken, hard-hitting party music with attitude, I could imagine these guys opening for someone like Beautiful Creatures. A cool piano roll on 'Heart Attack', catchy hook on opener 'Nothing Wrong', punky edge on 'Pillbox' - in fact, twelve tracks that just head straight for the jugular. No real thrills or spills, but the songs are good enough to get the chicks dancing and the guys rocking.

7/10

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