Black Bombers
Black Bombers are a three piece rock’n’roll band featuring Alan Byron on Guitar/vocals, Darren Birch on bass and Dave Twist in drums. Their latest release is a sumptuous 6 track selection of prime deep down and dirty punky/bluesy garage rock ‘n’ roll. There is a nod to Black Sabbath in the monochromatic cover art and the title and its typeface.
So what of the tracks on offer? First and foremost, this a trio of accomplished musicians between them having notched up connections and appearances with several high-profile bands and artists. Lead singer Alan has an instantly likeable gruff raw vocal which is a perfect match for the matching the sound of the band, their fuzzy grungy guitar, sublime bass and thunderous drum sound perfectly.
Vol 4
The instrumental track (number four on the CD), Gnarley, is an accurate definition of the bands sound. Both from some of the original and modern uses of the word. Gnarled as in rough & twisted, rugged and abrasive and brining things more up to date with some of the modern urban uses, rad and awesome (yeah, I know I’m probably too old to be using such terminology).
Visceral and dynamic
The music is primal, a no-holds-barred visceral noise. It draws from US proto-punk sounds, at the same time sounding modern and up to date. Occasionally sounding like a primitive 21st Century blues, their louche semi-autobiographical version of final track Hair of the Dog and a heavier Stones like vibe on Relentless. Other tracks have a brutal frantic energy, not unlike Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. Animals n Cages could have been released in the 1990s punk wave, with a direct lyric and sound that channels the anger and dynamism of bands like S*M*A*S*H.
Six tracks of pure quality. Don’t miss this:
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