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£7.99 plus £1.50 Postage worldwide A year and one half ago, we happened to be at a gig of the Rock and indeed the Roll in olde Dublin towne......sorry I went all middle ages there, no idea why. Anyhoo, we first met the Mighty Atomics at a gig in a basement bar in Dublin, 3 fresh faced young pups with 6 ears for a tune and natty line in suits, fantastic. For any of us that were there they its no exageration to say they striped the paint off the walls. Well, on down the line and they've managed to get the genie in the bottle and have produced a stunning.....stunning debut album with more than a few high points all of which we're delighted to be able to bring to to you on Motor Sounds Records.
My own personal favs on the album are "Lobotomise Me, Baby!" which just pulls up memories of early garage punk ala' The Modern Lovers with the echos of an unloved Dublin teen howling at the moon. Another favorite, "Leave Me Alone". Remember when RnB was good, before autotune made everyone sound like a robot, when men used to sing about how much they loved a woman and not "if you don't love ME like a God your mad, oh and did you see my jewelry" and "I can't support my kid but look at my car". Leave Me Alone is one such tune, imagine if The Pretty Things had gone to hang out with the fledgling New York punk scene, 80% r'n'b 20% punk makes for a very infectious mix. Other stand outs for me are "The Continuing Story Of Evo Morales" pure Moricone lushness, if the garage punk scene don't want the Mighty Atomics I'm sure the theme tune scene will have 'em. "Just a Man" Ramones-y and brilliant. The Mighty Atomics regularly call upon the unholy spirits of their heros, and he who says he don't is a liar, they do it with zero respect, complete abandon and they don't say "Thanks Daddio" which is exactly the point. Too much hat tipping can kill a record, no hat tipping is the way to go here. They hint at it and move on. This album should be number 1 in the Irish Album Charts at some point next year if there is any justice, which as we all know..there isn't. It should be at the business end of all those album charts of the year you see in stupid magazines the music industry uses as a crutch and good taste arbiters instead of using their ears, why the hell else did God give a brother ears if not to listen to the Mighty Atomics. |
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THE MIGHTY ATOMICS - CD DIGIPACK
A little bit Garage, a little bit Punk, a little bit Surf with more than a hint of hamburg era Beatles and all served in a none more black digipack. 