The Damn Straights – The Damn Straights EP 
(Bastion Music Group)
Release Date: Out Now
If you haven’t yet embraced the
Damn Straights then you haven’t been paying attention which is remiss and,
frankly, rude so you’d better listen up and listen good, because this is their
debut EP and it’s damn good. ‘The Damn Straights’ EP opens up with the duo’s
anthemic recent single ‘The World’s on Fire (Let it Burn)’ which finds vocalist
Herbal T on fine form, deciding to just go with the flow for once and stop
fighting. Conversely, ‘Blow It Up’ takes a searing guitar riff and some sharp-shooting
beats to create the kind of song that will have any live venue jumping uncontrollably
– “there’s something and I don’t know what but I know, I know we’ve got to blow
it up”. Who could resist that call to action?
On ‘Alarm Clock’ the one-man rhythm
section of Adam Gibbons (aka Lack of Afro) lays down a thick slab, which is
sprinkled with some piano and organ melodies allowing Mr T (sorry, couldn’t
resist) to unfurl a sweet flow that takes on the all too familiar issues of
Groundhog Day-itis. The EP finishes with ‘Never Get Enough’ which walks with
funk and menace in equal measure as the sinister guitar picks create a soundscape
that you want to burst out of such is the oppressive quality of that heavy
bass. Two guys with a sack full of talent and a bucket of funk have laid down
one hell of a marker for the 2021 EP release competition and you get the
feeling they are only in third gear.
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