Music / rock

Amphetamine ballads


Reviews (2)


Soundvenue

d. 17. Apr. 2014

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Martin Gronemann

d. 17. Apr. 2014

"På sange som 'I'm a Vampire' og 'Swamp Song' lyder det som om, at både Screamin' Jay Hawkins og Iggy Pop har taget midlertidigt ophold i hans krop. Det er vanvittigt teatralsk og næsten for meget af det gode, men også enormt appellerende og klart et af de stærkeste esser, de tre Glasgow-rødder har i ærmerne. Musikalsk holder de bestemt heller ikke igen i et lydbillede, der skramler og regerer i en skøn pærevælling. Som utæmmelige rovdyr brøler guitarerne på livet løs, mens rytmesektionen tromler rundt i manegen som elefanter. En genrebetegnelse kunne passende være 'psykotisk smadder-blues'".


The guardian

d. 10. Apr. 2014

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Alexis Petridis

d. 10. Apr. 2014

"Listening to Amphetamine Ballads, you get the feeling that the Amazing Snakeheads know they've struck on something powerful. For all the album's angst, there's a confidence on display: a band has to feel fairly bullish about its abilities to strip a song down as dramatically as they do on Here It Comes Again, which is basically nothing more than the title, screamed over and over again for three and a half minutes. Their confidence isn't misplaced. It's not the easiest listen in the world, but it's not supposed to be: at a time when most of what passes for alternative rock sounds desiccated, Amphetamine Ballads feels raw and potent and alive".