Showing posts with label Blue Rockin'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue Rockin'. Show all posts

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Blue Rockin' "Back To Blue"

(Crazy Love Records 2016)

Deep Red Wine
Evil Eyes
I Hope You Die
Insane Thoughts
Gone Daddy Gone
Keep On Walking
Part Of The Game
One Night One Day
Wasting My Time
Serial Killer Dance
Last Goodbye
Loaded Gun

Blue Rockin', a band whose moniker (and album title) might lead one to believe that the ditties within are of the rhythm 'n' blues variety....WROOOOONG! Well, there might be a slight hint of blues here and there but anyone familiar with the band will be expecting some rough diamond neo rockabilly/psychobilly of the rockin' variety. Expectations met! 11 self-penned pounding, raw, raucous gems and a testicle-tightening cover of the Violent Femmes Gone Daddy Gone.There's a bit of a garage/trash element to their sound too which keeps the whole thing fresh instead of getting bogged down in predictability. There's a lot more to this album than the 3 main ingredients of guitar, slap bass and drums. There are some appetising side-orders thrown in to the mix to make your ears salivate. It's a veritable cornucopia of sounds of the underground sex-fest. Ich fuckin' liebe Blue Rockin', me. 
 The O'Prez



Sunday, January 26, 2014

Blue Rockin' "Deep From The Heart"

(Crazy Love Records 2012)

Running High
Every Hour N' Every Minute
Bigmouth
Hate To Love You
Old Car
Temptation
I'm Gonna Leave You
Killer Depression Blues
Party In The Woods
Evil Vodka Shots
Made For Rock N Roll
Deep From The Heart

Blue Rockin' are another band that slipped through my radar. Given their name I thought they were a kind of bluesy authentic rockabilly band so totally ignored them. What a musical related faux pas that was. They are not what I expected at all. This is hard hitting dark neo rockabilly (bordering on psychobilly) and is a melodic onslaught on the auditory system with extremely catchy choruses to boot. There are more than a few songs that stand out which actually make me look forward to going back and playing them again. The singer sounds like a pissed up rockabilly pirate with his throat burned out from too much rum and I mean that in a good way. Many bands excel in a live setting when it comes to pure power but can't seem to catch that elusive component when it comes to studio albums. On this, the fourth release from Blue Rockin', power is order of the day. Listening to it raised my adrenaline from the comfort of my couch...and that's no easy task. The downside to all this is that now I feel compelled to buy their other three releases. Add that up and it's money I could have spent on a low class prostitute. Thanks a lot Blue Rockin'!!

The O'Prez 2012