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The Dirtbombs – We Have You Surrounded
I got a chance to see The Dirtbombs open for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club back in October. Their performance was pretty awesome…just fitting for the drunken, dirty audience we were! Hailing from Detroit, this comic band fuses garage rock into something more like your classic “nu” rock ’n’ roll—the likes of The Sounds, The Hives, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Their newest album, We Have You Surrounded (2008) was released two days ago. Overall, this album isn’t too bad, but it isn’t that great, either. It may be that I’m slipping away from this sound, but I found some songs a drag to listen to, despite its point to be comical. “Sherlock Holmes” has this psychedelic-like style to it, but the lead guitar sounds so uncreative and forced it becomes annoying. The vocals on “It’s Not Fun Until They See You Cry” sounds like a preacher who talks like a skipping record player. “Wreck My Flow” sounds way overplayed (the riff, the vocals, the overall style), and the lead guitar is also pretty annoying (it seriously sounds like a fire truck). Other songs are a little refreshing, definitely reminiscent to the garage punk rock sound (“Fire in the Western World”, “Ever Lovin’ Man”). There were some interesting tunes, but otherwise I didn’t really care for this album. I felt like they really weren’t getting into their music, and it seemed almost like a chore badly done.
I still maintain that they are great performers, however, and would urge anyone interested in this genre to see these guys live.
Here are the tracks I liked the most:
The Dirtbombs – Ever Lovin’ Man
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