22-20s - '22-20s' (Heavenly)
4/5
By: Lauren Gallagher
Build up. Hype, hype, and, erm, more of it. Well, it's finally here. 22-20s' self-titled debut album has arrived, and what a wild racket it is; the 60's will never die, we all know this, and the 22-20s take the blues-driven rock-spunk of that era to heart, while creating their own version of twisted, grinding guitar distorto-dissonance.
The Dylan-esque vocals of 'Friends' will lull you. The bitter barn-dance of 'Why Don't You Do It For Me?' will shake you. The riotous twanging guitar of 'Devil In Me' will break you.
And the strut of the Stones is everywhere in the work of this Lincoln foursome, and thus, when the Stones are present, the blues is omnipresent. Much of the album whines drunkenly with acrid vocals, and acerbic guitar, especially 'Such A Fool'. At once emotional, debauched, and threatening, the 22-20s manage to make not simply fun rock (think Mooney Suzuki), but rawk that thunders palpably with emotion. Emotion? That term is typically reserved for the likes of Coldplay and Keane, rarely for those that make us break a sweat.
But the 22-20s must have it all, and have it they will. Sour grapes never tasted - er... sounded, so good.
Artists in this article: 22-20s
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