Release
date: June 15th 2015. Label: Self Released. Formats:
DD/Vinyl
I'm
Fun (EP): Tracklisting
1.Feel
The Whoosh 04:18
2.Enter
The Woo-Tang 06:23
3.The
Old "Reflection In The Bathroom Mirror" Trick (Y2K Remix)
04:07
4.Fucking
Hell (Twirly Mix) 03:04
Band
Members:
one,
two, three, and four.
Review:
Has
it been 3 years since the shy and retiring lot – Lords Of Bastard –
released the heavy as hell and infectious CUDDLES. No it can't be.
Yeah, it is. 3 god-damn long years without a new record from these
guys. Surely it's time to fix that. Yeah it is. Lords of Bastard are
back with the excellent groove laiden EP – I'm Fun. And sure
fucking is from start to finish.
Expect
down-tuned, fast-paced Sludge Rock riffs that only Lords
of Bastard could come up with. Lords Of Bastard even through a cool
sounding piano into the mix. If you dig your Noise Rock with BALLS
and plenty of attitude then check it out as it will leave you
grinning from ear to ear. Opening track – Feel The Whoosh – is an
experimental slice of Sludge Rock with added grunge based menace.
It's a snarling ugly fucker of a track that screams out two things –
PARTY and ATTITUDE!!!
Lords
Of Bastard may seem they have a hard edge appeal but they also have a
cool warm fuzzy punk exterior that gives their sound a huge
likability factor. Just enjoy the carnage as the band want to play
with you. Even if it does mean they'll give you a good musical
kicking.
Second
track – Enter The Woo-Tang – is the strongest track on the EP as
it mixes noise rock with a fuzz based sludge rock groove with hints
of cool experimentation going on in the background. The vocals have a
slight - “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON” kind of thing but it works
in the bands favour. When the strange psychedelic noises appear the
tone of the EP ventures into Jazz territory and you're transported
into a weird trippy party where there's no escape from. Though wait
until the 2nd half of the song as feels that Lords Of
Bastard are paying pay homage to bands from legendary record label –
Sub Pop Records. As it's a twisted sugary grunge pop kind of affair.
The
EP's final two tracks maybe recognisable from long-time fans of the
band as they originally appeared on their 2008 S/T debut album though
both have been given slight remixes. It would have been cool if the
band included a couple of new songs but I've heard rumblings of a new
album not so long into the distant future. So that's something good
to look out for.
Until
then – I'm Fun – is a fast-paced, trippy slice of experimental
Sludge Rock. Great stuff.
Words
by Steve Howe
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