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teed to be a highlight, or as HIGH TIDES DANNY WORSNOP potent weapon is Jennie’s
the lyrics suggest, ‘a novel I’M NOT GIVING UP, I’M THE LONG ROAD HOME soaring, and at times en-
routine’, of their live show. JUST STARTING OVER (EARACHE) chanting, vocals and
‘Like it Now’ is another (SCYLLA) There’s more than ‘Voices’ is the first chance
unique offering from the High Tides are a 5- meets the eye (or ear) on this album where we get
band with a wonderful, piece pop punk band from when it comes to Danny to hear them at their full
feel-good tune that was Nottingham and their EP Worsnop. He’s fronted the strength. It’s fitting that the
just made for listening to on ‘I’m Not Giving Up, I’m Just harder than hell Asking song boasts the line ‘I have
the open road with the roof Starting Over’ is the band’s Alexandria, crashed the an army and their voices
down or the windows open, longest record and high- party with fun rock ‘n’ are loud’, because this is
the wind in your hair and lights exactly what they’re rollers We Are Harlot, and very true and in Jennie’s
BONAFIDE sun on your face. ‘Flames’ capable of. ‘Resolution’, now here’s his debut solo case it is the band who
FLAMES ends in majestic fashion admittedly, isn’t something album – which sees the vo- stand alongside her. And it
(OFF YER ROCKA) with ‘Under Your Spell’, a particularly spectacular, calist diving into the coun- isn’t just a band but a fam-
Swedish blues rockers song like nothing we’ve being only 35 seconds long try pool. The album ily as bassist Paul Martin is
Bonafide may not be rein- heard before from the band and acting as a sort of in- features an array of songs, her brother-in-law and his
venting the wheel with their and the closest they’ve troduction to the record from the mulling ‘Prozac’ to son, Jennie’s nephew, Nic
latest full-length studio ever come to a ballad. Pon- and giving a small teaser the funky beach and car is the drummer and gui-
album but there is no deny- tus’ emotional vocals ooze for listeners, though as it party of ‘Mexico’. ‘I Feel tarist Nail Vincent is la-
ing, as the album title may with vulnerability and raw- gets into ’52’ we see the Like Shit’ and ‘Don’t Over- belled as Paul’s evil twin
suggest, that they are heat- ness which makes the potential for this band. With drink It’ are witty ditties brother!
ing things up. Not only is song special. But the musi- a punchy style and catchy while ‘Anyone But Me’ is a Jennie’s talents are
‘Flames’ the sixth LP to cal work which accompa- hook it is a textbook mod- real heartfelt gem that given further opportunities
come from Pontus Snibb nies it makes it a true ern pop punk track. ‘Yet To bleeds at the seams. Both to really shine later in the
and his band of very merry triumph. It’s powered along Be Told’ and ‘Heart’ offer ‘High’ and ‘I’ll Hold On’ are album on tracks ‘Animal’
men but it is also album by the brooding beat of strong guitar rhythms and heartbreaking tunes, which and penultimate song
number six in little under a Niklas Matsson’s stick work ‘Heart’ is definitely one of see Danny the most honest ‘Closer’, and the results are
decade and despite this and then taken soaring the strongest tracks on the and open that he’s ever captivating and spectacu-
rapid production rate the with not one, but two, sub- record. This leads into ‘Re- been. ‘The Long Road lar. In ‘Animal’, Jennie
fire is still burning strong as lime guitar solos which alisation’, which offers Home’ really shows Danny sings ‘I kneel to no one and
this is one of their strongest make your hairs stand on something a little different Worsnop is a new light – I never will’ and when she
showings in quite some end and leaves you well as it starts off with a tele- more thoughtful, retrospec- explodes with ‘I stand a
time. While there is per- and truly under Bonafide’s phone recording slowly tive and revealing than woman, not an animal’ all
haps little here which will spell and ready to start the turning into a slow, more ever before. It sees Danny of Devilskin stand with her
attract new fans to the album all over again. stripped-back type of style. shedding his old skin and in one of the finest mo-
band, there is plenty to sat- YYYY Once again it is quite a maturing into the man you ments of the album. Yet
isfy existing fans and al- Michael Coventry short track, which does always hoped that some- having said this, ‘F.Y.I.’ is
though Bonafide has leave you wanting to hear day he’d become. ‘The arguably the hottest track
largely stuck to its tried- PATRONS more. ‘Bridges’ is the next Long Road Home’ has to be found here and is a
and-tested format of blues- AS ABOVE, SO BELOW track on the EP and is quite done Danny proud. shining example of what
injected hard rock, there is (ROSE COLOURED) a change of pace from ‘Re- YYYY Devilskin can accomplish
more than enough to sepa- It is rare for a band to alisation’ as it starts off very SBV when everything is firing on
rate this album from their ascend in popularity to the full-on and reverts back to all cylinders. Like the ma-
back catalogue and make it same degree that Patrons the sort of tracks we saw at jority of the tracks on ‘Be
stand out from the crowd. have at such an early stage the beginning of the record, Like The River’, this is a
‘Back In Flames’ is a great in their career. Although ‘As which isn’t necessarily a fast-paced, hard rock song,
example of what we have Above, So Below’ marks bad thing. Then moving but there are various ele-
come to expect and love their full-length album into the last couple of ments which make it stand
from the band. No-non- debut, their previous EPs songs ‘Lucky For Some’ out from the crowd. The
sense rock, soaked in and singles have already could be described as the twist on Jennie’s vocals
blues. The first indication garnered attention from the heaviest track on the with an echoey, mega-
that the band have come rock community. The album with the vocals bor- phone-type effect works
up with something special album begins with ‘First Of dering on screaming at superbly and enhanced by
comes in second track The Slow Burners’, which some points, though this a touch of the aggressive
‘Smoke & Fire’. The guitar Patrons released a music contrasted with the sub- DEVILSKIN growling backing vocals of
solo kicks in and the com- video for in November as a dued vocals in the verses BE LIKE THE RIVER her band mates and
bined efforts of vocalist and teaser for the album. And works really well. The final (DEVILSKIN) boosted further by the es-
guitarist Pontus, guitarist it’s an album that gets bet- track on the album, ‘Home’, It doesn’t take any time calating middle segment of
Anders Rosell and bassist ter the further you get into starts off extremely at all for Kiwi quartet Devil- the song which builds
Martin Ekelund is nothing it. ‘Eighty Four’ uses simple stripped-back with only vo- skin to make their inten- smoothly into the final
short of sublime and likely guitar riffs played in an up- cals and an acoustic guitar tions clear on their second minute of the track produce
to have you quickly push- beat way to create a mem- which slowly progresses LP, ‘Be Like The River’. certainly the best song of
ing the rewind button for a orable track that you’ll want into a full band song to- The second the first beat of this type on the album.
second listen. Things only to come back to. ‘Listen’ is wards the end, though it is opening track ‘In Black’ hits There is no denying
improve further with the a particularly strong track, a short track which seems your eardrums it comes that Devilskin have all the
quite brilliant ‘Bottle Of with the intonation of to be a theme running coupled with the first note right ingredients in their
Jack’, a tune which more Danny Brooks’ unfiltered through this record and to leave powerhouse vocal- cooking pot and with the
than channels their inner British vocals drawing you does take something away ist Jennie Skulander’s lips. right recipe they are more
AC/DC, where we are in- in. Then comes ‘War & from it as you constantly There is no build-up, no than capable of producing
troduced to another new Pieces’, a track that dips feel as though you want warning, it’s just full throttle some epic material. The
trick from the band and into the realm of post-hard- more of a song and then it from the word go as the aforementioned ‘Voices’
some female backing vo- core. Overall, ‘As Above, suddenly ends. Overall the band dive in headfirst with sees Jennie sing, ‘Speak
cals from Amanda Bjork So Below’ is an interesting record is quite good, it’s their blend of hard rock and those words and watch my
and Jenny Palmer which album from Patrons and a showcasing a new genera- metal. While there is no army grow’ and ‘Be Like
give this track an individual good debut. Well done tion of pop punk bands messing around with this The River’ is certain to
character, not only to any- guys! coming through and the 13-track offering, it’s not make their army of fans
thing else on the album but YYYY amount of talent that is out until track four, ‘Voices’, grow but the best promises
anything else we’ve seen Yasmeen Frasso there. where business really to still lie ahead.
from Bonafide in the last YYYY steps up. There is no deny- YYYY
decade and this is guaran- Becky Simpson ing that Devilskin’s most Michael Coventry

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