The Lotts – We Are The Lotts EP (Whispering
Pines)
Release Date: Out Now
I don’t get a lot of music
submissions from Warrington but I’m glad that this bunch have got in touch with
their debut EP, ‘We Are The Lotts’. Starting with the EP title track, the four
piece get straight down to business with a driving beat and scratchy, raw
guitars that put you in mind of the Libertines, the Undertones and the Velvet
Hands. The energy doesn’t let up with ‘I Don’t’ but there’s a slightly more
retro feel as the blues structured garage-punk is more akin to the Stooges or the
Buzzcocks. ‘Dumb’ is the pivotal middle track on this collection and you can almost
hear the guitar amps deteriorating through the fuzzy, distorted guitar sounds,
egged on by the classically sneering, snotty punk vocals.
‘Preacher Man’ is a blistering
slice of punk-rock with razor sharp guitars and Ramones-esque vocals that
sounds as though their coming from a different room in the club. The EP closes
out on the comparatively epic four minute tune ‘Mouth’ which is more of a slow
burner that builds to a chaotic and cacophonous crescendo with a hint of the
80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster about it. The Lotts have everything you want in a
new band; energy, passion, ambition and a few good tunes that show a lot of
promise and give you just enough to hope for more in the future.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/TheLottsBand/