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The Blood - False gestures for a Devious Public |
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Monday, 19 March 2007 |
The Blood
False gestures for a devious public
Captain Oi! (2005 re-press)
Here we have
another great release from the Captain Oi! label. This is a 21 track
CD, which is the full original album plus ten bonus songs from
compilations, demos and album out-takes.
The Blood were a band
in the 80’s from England (and have recently reformed im told). They
play Punk music with a slight nod towards Oi! on some of the tracks.
Most of their songs are quite fast paced and they sound along the same
lines as Vicious Rumours. I have to say, before this was released I had
never heard of, or anything by them but thought that I would buy it
anyway.
You know when you buy a CD and there is one or two
songs which alone, make it worth buying?……well this has got about ten
of them. The stand out tracks for me include “Done some brain cells
last night”, “Mesrine”, “Joys of noise”, “Parasites in paradise” “Such
fun” etc. Throughout the CD there are so many moment to look forward to
such as the rockin guitars with slightly odd but funny lyrics on “Sewer
brain”, the bass at the start of “Sucker”, the cracking lead guitar on
“Waste of flesh and bone”, the amazing guitar intro in “Parasites in
paradise” and probably best of all, the long build up to the explosive
chorus of “Mesrine”. These lads really are a step up when it comes to
songwriting, the CD is quite varied and always interesting.
To
round off the package, the CD booklet contains a history of the band, a
couple of photos and all the lyrics. This CD will obviously sit well
with people who are into Punk and/or Oi! If you are into bands like
Vicious Rumours then this CD is for you. If you don’t like “Such fun”
then I think there is something wrong with you. Rating 9/10
www.myspace.com/theblood
- Reviewed by Wantage Steve -
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