Chutzpah! is the eighth studio record by the Newcastle, England's fricking WiLDHEARTS! As far as I am concerned, Ginger and his fellow 'Hearts can do no wrong. Long time fans will not be not be disappointed. There are some great shake your money maker pop songs, some sing-a-long songs and it wouldn't be a Wildhearts record without some knock down drag out fight kind of songs.
I am embarrassed to admit but I only got into the 'Hearts about two years ago when a friend got me into a pile of music. THIS band is the one I have delved into the most on a frequent and regular basis (and there was a lot of other great stuff this friend got me into). I heard "Cold Patango Tootie" and "Caprice" and I was sold; soon after I discovered "29X the Pain" and "Sick Of Drugs" and was hooked. The Wildhearts are a band that you can listen to their first track "Greetings from Shitsville" from their debut "Earth vs the Wildhearts" right up to "Carmelita" an uptempo punkish cover of Warren Zevon mellow 70's lament.
Anyway, so it was clear that I greatly anticipated Chutzpah! A little weary as I have been burnt before by a band that seems either disbands just before I get into them or put out shit once I do get into them. Not the case here my friends. On the release date September 1, 2009 in the 36 and a 1/2 minutes of play (which is in that perfect 30-40 minute time span of how long a record should last) they hammer it out huge. It's a thick well done record which 'Hearts fans are used to. Ginger, C.J, Scott and Ritch give you a versatile punk/pop/power-pop/hard rock record that is well written and melodic just as the ones previously yet fresh and still having it's own identity.
"The Jackson Whites" starts the record and if you don't want to get up and dance Ginger and the boys will rock your ass out of the love seat and into Wildheart's utopia. The band keeps it rolling with the swinging industrial sounds much similar to Rob Zombie on "Plastic Jebus". The thoughtful "The Only One" is a humming down the highway kind of rock song and just it mellows out a bit. "John of Violence" pounds out the verses with gorgeous choruses. All this and the record is only half way though. "You Are Proof That Not All Women Are Insane" (probably my first favourite so far) is just a fun fast paced song with great "a woah ooo woah o's". "Tim Smith" is your traditional metal which will definitely please all the metal heads in the verses even while it goes and gets itself some poppy parts that make it a perfect example of how when arranged properly genre's can cross kick some serious ass. Again "Low Energy Vortex" starts out on the softer side and quickly dumps the clutch and rips up the rock n roll highway. "You Took the Sunshine from New York" is a toe-tapping ditty that at first I wasn't sure about but after a few listens it's vivid lyrics keep going back to it."Mazel Tov Cocktail" is what I call a summer song. A song that you can picture dancing on a beach as the sun goes down while you knock back a couple cold ones with a girlfriend or a few of your best friends. Just a great song that shows fans the band has done it yet again. last but not least the self title track "Chutzpah" rolls the whole record into one and finishes up the record nicely.
If you are a new WH fan or a long time WH fan, pick up "Chutzpah!" tomorrow.
http://www.myspace.com/thewildhearts
Cheers Rockers!
No comments:
Post a Comment