Wow. Wow. Wow. I discovered this band by a lucky strike, trough a YouTube suggestion for their Doors cover. Actually, I didn't listened much to the cover, but this Parisian band seduced me enough - what a name ! to have me downloading their maxi-EP, which is available for free from their own website, http://thefunmachine.cpukillpeople.com/
Wow. Wow. Wow. What a slap ! Actually, the kind of release I totally enjoy, with overdrive. Makes me think a bit of LAMF by Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers.
But while LAMF is a straightforward (and awesome) punk rock release, here we got some heavier music. Queen of the Stone Age is a influence, as quoted by the band. I just enjoy this music a lot. This is plain excellent stuff, powerfull.
I'm listening while writing, and this is **definitively** very good stuff. A slight Pixies/Post Grunge influence on "The Perfect Twin", with more poppy guitar riffs, well, this is a kind of rocky heaven. This band rules, I tell you. I guess they may have a pretty decent career, if they keep on their non-compromisive way to rock and roll.
May I add that the band is decent enough to provide free FLAC lossless format download ? Let's drink my cup of coffee and keep on listening.
Well, how can I sum up ? While the overall result sounds very modern and 2010's, there's also a real 60's approach in the way songs are written, maybe a Steppenwolfian thing, I don't know. Actually this band seems born to be wild. Stooges are never far away, too. MC5 may be round here, too. Well, don't misunderstood me, this is still a QOTSA influenced band with heavy, overdriven sound, but it seems, there's something deeper, digging at the roots of 60's rock and roll counter-culture. But I may be wrong.
Well, the EP is almost finished. Seems a ballad is coming... Oh, overdriven guitar, low tempo, nice way to end a release. This is (You Could Be) My Sin. The release is still slightly overdriven, this is really very nicely produced.
I guess we'll keep on earing about them.
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