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Bromheads // Choro

24/03/13

Bromheads // Choro

Townsend/Universal, Released  15th April 2013

Bromheads Jacket was a trio based in Sheffield that released a couple of albums in the 2000s. Following the departure of Jono West, Tim Hampton and Dan Potter carried on and this is the first proper album under the truncated name of Bromheads.

This offers absolutely nothing new but that ain’t necessarily a bad thing. Properly done, fuzzed up garage rock can be a visceral thrill and Bromheads do this better than most.

“T-Shirt” could’ve been on Green Day’s "Dookie” and is a critique of the "buy-a-t-shirt-for-a-band-I’ve-never-heard-at-Top-Shop” culture. “You Might Be Lying” sounds like an out-take from The Damned’s “Strawberries”. “Harlot” comes on like Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers at their punkiest and had “LAMF” been properly mastered. “Johnny Was” is not the Bob Marley song covered by Stiff Little Fingers but a slice of punk-pop in the vein of The Clash circa “London Calling”.

After a while, this is one dimensional and could do with some changes in tempo, Hampton’s vocals are a little too close to Roy Stride of Scouting For Girls for my liking and I’m not comfortable with bands from the UK singing about running around in Winnebagos. However, these are minor quibbles and whilst this may be dumb it is good, knockabout fun.

6/10

Pavlis