Allusondrugs - Allusondrugs EP (Clue Records)
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| Allusondrugs EP |
Release Date: 21st July 2014
This is the fourth time I've sat
down over the last 11 months to listen to new material from Leeds upstarts
Allusondrugs and every time it's been an absolute pleasure. This new EP, their
longest release to date, is accompanied by a lengthy summer of touring which I
thoroughly approve of (no Southwest date though, I need to have words with
their booker). 'I'm Your Man' opens proceedings and is probably one of the
mellower Allusondrugs tracks but still manages to channel Nirvana and Smashing
Pumpkins blended with the Charlatans and the Stone Roses in some sort of weird
90s fusion. And then comes one of my favourite song titles in a long time:
'Ted, What's The Porn Like In Heaven'. Title aside, this is a song of Biffy
Clyro proportions but with the nervous swagger of Reuben and those throat
shredding vocals are a thing of beauty.
It is on 'Cherry Pie', however,
that these guys show what they are made of as a terrifying use of what sounds
like a rusty hack-saw on the guitar creates a nightmarish but alluring riff
with industrial roots - it's kinda like a remake of Charlie and Chocolate
Factory as directed by Trent Reznor and starring Christopher Walken as Willie
Wonka (actually that sounds better than that Depp catastrophe....get my agent
on the phone). Recent single 'Nervous' pops up sounding as huge and impregnable
as ever before 'Sunset Yellow' shows off the bands more tender side as gliding
droplets of guitar notes give way to slow but crunching riffs that burst and
crackle through the speakers.
The final track on this
collection is 'Thingio' and we start to get a taste of the future as there is
more of a swagger and ease about the low slung riffs. It's almost as though
these guys are growing in to this rock star thing and their relentless
gigging-writing-releasing schedule is starting to pay off. I saw an article
online the other day that suggested British rock music was essentially lying
face down in puddle of its own vomit. Well, that may be true but if it is then
Allusondrugs have just nicked it's wallet and stepped over it's still body on
the way to the future.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/Allusondrugs
Live Dates:
5th July - The Wardrobe, Leeds
11th July - Exchange Arts Centre, Keighley
12th July - The Works Skatepark, Leeds
17th July - Proud Galleries, Camden
20th July - The Rocking Chair, Sheffield
25th July - Millennium Galleries @ Tramlines Festival,
Sheffield
26th July - Lounge 41, Workington
27th July - Clarence Festival, Wakefield
1st August - The Puzzle Hall, Sowerby Bridge
2nd August - Temple of Boom, Leeds
7th August - Bar Bloc, Glasgow
14th August - Wharf Chambers, Leeds
11th September - The 13th Note, Glasgow
12th September - Downstairs, Aberdeen
13th September - Pickett, Liverpool
14th September - Think Tank, Newcastle
15th September - Static Bar, Swansea
16th September - Red Rooms, Nottingham
17th September - The Garage, London
18th September - Sticky Mikes, Brighton
19th September - The Crauford Arms, Milton Keynes
20th September - Huddlefest, Huddersfield
21st September - Boiler Room, Guildford
22nd September - Joiners, Southampton