Hey Bulldog - Numb EP
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| Hey Bulldog - Numb EP |
Manchester lads Hey Bulldog have
been good enough to name their new EP after my pretentiously named teenage band
which is awfully generous of them but will their music live up to my first
efforts at rock stardom? Well, the opening track, 'Oh My Soul', is an
understated Black Keys-esque stomp which doesn't even make the two minute mark
but title track 'Numb' is a fuzzed up, distortion fuelled, nose bleed of a song
that is much more powerful and will, in all likelihood, put hairs on your
chest.
The mid-point of this EP, 'Let It
Go', swirls and buzzes around the bass drone and drum pounding until main-man
Rob Manton lets loose his best Tim Burgess impression as the band position
themselves carefully between psyhce, blues and baggy. Apart from being the new
anthem for givers of oral sex, 'I'm Going Down' is a trippy, spaced out number
with plenty of space and sprawling melodies that run off over the horizon like
a Doors wig out on the back of a spooked donkey. The EP closes with 'This Is
Better' which is somewhere between QOTSA, Arctic Monkeys and Brown Brogues and
that is not a bad place to be. Hey Bulldog have got some great ideas but I get
the feeling they'll be one of those bands that does a much better job in the live
environment where they can experiment with distortion and let loose the real
rock'n'roll sneer.
More information: www.hey-bulldog.com
Live Dates:
28th June - Kraak Gallery, Manchester w/Heavy Times
26th July - Forever Sun Festival, Dorset