Failure Machine/Joan & The Rivers - Pizza Foam
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| Failure Machine/Joan & The Rivers - Pizza Foam |
Release Date: 3rd May 2014
My favourite Reno boys are back
and this time they've brought a few friends to the party in the shape of Joan
and the Rivers. This split single coming out on a self-release is comprised of
two tracks per band followed by a track that features all of their musical
talents, nothing can possibly go wrong, right? Failure Machine are up first
with 'Target', a bluesy piece of rock'n'roll slathered in generous helpings of
horns and Jon Spencer-esque vocals. The soul and blues spirit that these guys
embody is just sensational and if I've said it once I've said it a hundred
times - I NEED to see these guys live so would somebody please fly them over to
the UK? Just for me? Thanks. Or fly me over to Reno, I'm not fussy. 'Don't Get
So Down' is the other track from Failure Machine which is a plodding, blues
infused piece of broken hearted agony that should see the singer sweating and
crying through the pain as the horn section soulfully and smoothly purrs away
in the background.
Joan & The Rivers take the
second half of this split release and start off with 'Jabroni' which, in turn,
starts with a mêlée of sounds before settling in to a funky but raw garage
guitar riff. This is fairly spaced out stuff with psyche influences as well as
the more mainstream guitar work and song structures. 'Picolonley' is the other
track from the San Jose gents and it's a low slung, slow swaggering piece of
dirty rock'n'roll balladry that is all 5 day old stubble and distorted guitars
played with a snarl. For the final track, as promised, the two bands unite to
create their version of the Steve Earle classi 'The Devil's Right Hand'. This is
a triumph of White Stripes production values and dual male vocals which you can
only hope were sung in to a shared microphone in a sweaty room lit only by a
single red lightbulb and during session fuelled by bourbon and a sense of
desperation. If this was a boxing match then I think Failure Machine would win
late on but it's certainly a close call - they're both big hitters.
More information:
Failure Machine - https://www.facebook.com/failuremachine
Joan & The Rivers - https://www.facebook.com/JoanAndTheRivers
Live Dates:
15th May - Caravan Lounge, San Jose (Failure Machine/Joan
& The Rivers)
17th May - Shea's Tavern, Reno (Joan & The
Rivers/Failure Machine)