Sweden is a land that I think of when I think about death or
\ngrunge metal. I don’t know why; it just seems like a lot of music
\nin this genre has been coming forth from the Nordic countries. I
\nthink of Abba — no, wait, I try not to think of Abba too much, but
\neventually come back to them.<\/p>\n
What I normally don’t think about when I think of Sweden is good
\nold-fashioned balls-out rock music. And that’s where The Deadbeats
\ncome into the picture. Their self-titled debut release reminds me
\nof bands long gone while they establish their own unique voice in a
\nBritney-Backstreet-Sync world. And it’s as refreshing as a cold
\nbreeze on a summer’s day.<\/p>\n
Now, I’m at a major loss here on a couple of accounts. First, my
\ncopy of
\nThe Deadbeats<\/i> is a promo release, which doesn’t tell me a
\nwhole lot about the band. (Yes, believe it or not, I
\ndo<\/i> read the bios.) Problem number two: No bio. Problem
\nthree: no Web site to access – though I could have accessed
\nnumerous lists of deadbeat parents. Finally, the type style the
\nlabel used to list the songs is damned unreadable. This is not good
\nfor your intrepid reviewer.<\/p>\n
So, all we’re left with is the music to base this review on.
\nAnd, simply put, it rocks. The Deadbeats remind me a lot of The
\nFour Horsemen in style, though the vocals don’t sound at all like
\nthe late Frank K. Starr. Even going further back in my mind, the
\nsound reminds me a bit of Hall Aflame — remember them, kids? —
\nwith their blooze-rock mixture. If anything,
\nThe Deadbeats<\/i> is an album that sounds like it could have
\nbeen recorded in the ’70s with all of the studio wizardry that the
\n’90s has brought forth. Its power comes in its simplicity.<\/p>\n
Listening to sngs like “Get Your Head Straight,” “Roll With The
\nPunches” and “The Hole In Your Soul,” it’s almost like listening to
\nThe Ramones, Motorhead and Aerosmith rolled into one. The vocals
\nare clear and powerful, the guitar work sings, and the overall
\ngroove of the music is enough to get your head slamming into the
\ndesk. What’s more, the band seems to know when it’s about to
\noverstay its welcome, so the songs tend to be in the two- to
\nthree-minute range. (The whole disc – all 13 songs – clocks in at
\nunder 40 minutes.)<\/p>\n
The biggest challenge that The Deadbeats are going to face isn’t
\ngetting their music noticed – hell, if the right people play this
\none, getting noticed will be the least of their problems. No, the
\nproblem will be an identity crisis; in the short time I searched
\nthe Web before deciding the hell with pages about tax forms and
\nscofflaw parents, I found a few bands with the same name –
\nincluding one who has established an identy on The Ultimate Band
\nList.<\/p>\n
I wish I knew more about The Deadbeats to flesh out their story
\nand give more insight into the music on this disc. But
\nThe Deadbeats<\/i> is a CD that is still well worth searching out
\nand listening to for a few hours straight, especially if you’re a
\nfan of good old hard rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6194],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-36378","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-deadbeats","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36378"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36378"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}