The Stools – Carport EP (Goodbye Boozy Records) 
Release Date: Out Now
When you get an email introducing
you to a new young Detroit rock’n’roll trio called the Stools, you are almost
duty bound to give it a listen, aren’t you? Well, I felt like I was and it was a
duty I was more than happy to fulfil. This new EP, ‘Carport’, kicks off with
the first of four sub-two minute punk songs by the name of ‘Life’s Hard Lover’ and
its up to you as to whether you keep up or not – this is break-neck stuff in
the literal and figurative sense. ‘Hedge Witch’ has the intensity of At the
Drive-In with the frantic delivery of Liam Lynch as the guitars and drums duke
it out for who can thrash more.
68 seconds is the total length of
‘Multiple Maniacs’ but in that time we pack in fuzzed up riffs, pounding drums
and the kind of vocals that make your throat hurt just listening to them. The
bass takes a rare front seat on ‘End Up There’ with a track that is part Jet
and part MC5 with the kind of vocals you’d expect from Satan doing karaoke at
an Elvis convention. The Stools have no fat on them but plenty of attitude and
plenty of power which makes them a lean and tantalising treat.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/thestoolsdetroit