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BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - Howl
| Dotmusic |
| News that a white rock band are "returning to their roots" is usually no cause for celebration. Generally, this signals a cynically calculated attempt to align said band with rock's more credible (ie black) origins, a practice perfectly illustrated by U2's press-ganging of BB King into service for their ghastly "Rattle & Hum". Word, then, that Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, overlords of the dark, heavily fuzzed guitar assault, the sweetly narcoleptic vocal harmony and haunted yet urgent intensity had rediscovered the blues and gospel, might reasonably have set alarm bells ringing....full text |
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When the release of this album was announced, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club were apparently defunct - drummerless, past-it and irrelevant. Which is hardly surprising, really, given their recent history. A minor band in that peculiar NME-sponsored “rock revolution” that swaggered unpleasantly across our screens a couple of years back, BRMC were always far behind the Strokes’n’Stripes in terms of critical hyperboles, often cruelly branded mere Jesus and Mary Chain copyists....full text |
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| Drowned in sound |
| And so the monochrome messrs of shadowy rock 'n’ roll return with a brand new label and a brand new album. Can Black Rebel Motorcycle Club wipe away the big woopsie that was Take Them On, On Your Own and recapture the edge of their debut? What will they do? Where will they turn? Will they ever smile? All will be revealed…...full text |
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