Dear Powdies

For those who aren't on their email list, "The Angry Tradesmen" have
released their new album "Beat the House".
 
"Rob Hirst (aka Jobsworth) & Dom Turner, aka Bluesy Grimes) the dirty,
fuzzed-out guitar/drum outfit the "Angry Tradesmen". The simple idea,
spawned in the 90's, has devolved into a monster. The sound? Tonal
psychopaths playing the shelf-life out of a vintage drum kit and a
bunch of Japanese and US made 60s electric guitars – thumping kick
drum, soupy slide guitar, and chunky rock-riffs Pumping out crunchy
harmonies. The result? the songs are propelled by Blueys's skuzzy raw
guitar and Jobsworth's rampaging right foot (always a fraction ahead
of the beat). Initially controlled, `Long Grass People' and `Yeah
Right' lure the listener with deceptive melody, before descending
mid-tune into the bloody valley of the Orcs."

1. Big Wave
2. Indecision Is Final
3. Drug You're On
4. Holy Man
5. Runaway Head
6. Time Bomb
7. Long Grass People
8. Calling You Now
9. Time Stands Still
10. Yeah Right"

Of the 6 tracks I heard at the Woodford Folk Festival last year and on
the pre-release "EP", "Big Wave" and "Holy Man" are the particularly
"chunky rock-riffs" tracks. 

The launch is to be Sat'dee next, at Sydney's "Vanguard".  Hope to see
youse down there in old Sydney town.

t