Reef - Naked (2025) (Raging Sea Records) 
Release Date: Out Now
This feels weird. It's like I've ended up on a blind date with the daughter of my first true love and I'm spending the whole meal checking for similarities and differences. You see, it's 30 years since Reef released their debut album, 'Replenish', and this was a formative album for me so I absolutely devoured every track with relish. Now, with an updated rhythm section and a celebration tour on the horizon, the band have re-recorded the track that first brough them to attention of the rock world. The riff is still hugely recognisable and infectiously hooky, the bass still pummels you in the ribs and the drums are both tight and loose in equal measure. Sure, the youthful exuberance of the original is dialled down a little but the power is is still there and the gravelly vocals of Gary Stringer have more pathos and wisdom somehow. My tickets are booked for the Bristol show and I can't wait to hear this among all the other tracks from an album that changed my life in the best way possible.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/reefmusic
Live Dates:
16th Oct - Nottingham , Rock City
17th Oct - Glasgow , SWG3 - TV Studio (LOW TICKET WARNING)
18th Oct - Norwich , UEA
23rd Oct - Bournemouth , O2 Academy
24th Oct - Bristol , O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
25th Oct - Southampton , 1865 (SOLD OUT)
30th Oct - Manchester , O2 Ritz
31st Oct - LIverpool , O2 Academy
1st Nov - Tenby , De Valence Pavilion (LOW TICKET WARNING)
2nd Nov - Swansea , Patti Pavilion
6th Nov - Leeds , O2 Academy
7th Nov - Birmingham, O2 Institute
8th Nov - London , O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
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