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Drunkenstein, warming up for next month’s CD launch, bring spears of punky guitar, scenic soloing and gothic melodrama to the packed bar. Tilting from hard rock Rocky Horror highs to the musical bleak of breathy, adept texture: the band are ghoul-bop with vital guitar vocab. Appropriately for a county supergroup, there’s a cracking swathe of musical influences in evidence: from creeping bass pop-horror crawling tension to jagged guitar slasher-movie spikes. Had Aleister Crowley ever founded a band, they’d rock sets like this. From divisive, jagged ‘9/8 Tune’ to the slick grunge-razor ‘Red Shift’, dropping evil funk lines into acid jazz; uncompromisingly original, coatingThe Doors’ instrumental freedom with Zappa-esque humour.
Nightshift, April '09 - Nightshift
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"The Independent Republic of Drunkenstein" (rivet Gun Records 2009)
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It was a dark and stormy night. No. really. Fuelled by Xmas spirit, Jones and James were discussing global domination. "schgraaschnagrrrthud" said James, waving his arms about violently..... "aaahhgh - Big Tim - erk, gnash,giggleheave" replied Jones. Several dozen measures later...."mmmm...wasssat? bass monster?" . . . . bring bring - "SnuffyVoodoo?" "Yeash" noise? "mkay"...HUGE NOISE!!! "Gnarghhhheeheeheemuhahahahaaaa...."
"Spears of punky guitar, scenic soloing and gothic melodrama. Tilting from hard rock Rocky Horror highs to the musical bleak of breathy, adept texture: the band are ghoul-bop with vital guitar vocab. Appropriately for a county supergroup, there’s a cracking swathe of musical influences in evidence:from creeping bass pop-horror crawling tension to jagged guitar slasher-movie spikes. Had Aleister Crowley ever founded a band, they’d rock sets like this. From divisive,jagged ‘9/8 Tune’ to the slick grunge-razor ‘Red Shift’, dropping evil funk lines into acid jazz; uncompromisingly original, coating The Doors’ instrumental freedom with Zappa-esque humour." Lizz Dodd, Nightshift '09
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