My Deaf Audio - Are The New Black
by John Clarkson
published: 17 / 1 / 2005
Label:
Bivouac
Format: CDS
intro
Blistering and excellent punk rock from strongly recommended Brighton four piece My Deaf Audio
My Deaf Audio have strong roots in musical history. The Brighton-based four piece recall Link Wray with their raw, earthy garage sound, and, then to move on a decade, the Who with their epic, thunderous intensity. They are reminiscent of the Clash also with their boys' gang mentality, and, to go further towards the present still, acts such as the Godfathers and Rocket from the Crypt with their blistering punchiness. Yet far from being simply a rehash of some of the best elements of all their favourite bands of the last fifty years,My Deaf Audio also carry much of their own both with their dance punk beats and singer Andy Reed's scorched vocals which sound like he has fuelled them by gargling with petrol. 'Get Out, Right Now', an ode to both touring and Saturday night hedonism, gets their new four song EP, 'My Deaf Audio...are the New Black', off to a fine start with its klaxoning guitars, sledgehammer drums and swaggering tune. The band maintain a similar breathless pace with the middle tracks, 'Turn Off the World', a bolshy lambast against mediocre radio, and the brooding, rumbling 'Connection', which is about a failure to communicate and love having gone messily askew. The EP closes magnificently with the crackling fire and brimstone electricity of 'We're Convicted.' Reed and company have been through what sounds like a night in Hell, but as he bellows out the chorus, "Holding On/holding on for the day to come" one inherently knows that he and his band who have been through various record company changes and creative crises in the years since they formed in 2001 will defiantly battle through. This is an excellent start to the year for My Deaf Audio who have the possible commercial potential to make many critics and fans end of the year polls.
Track Listing:-
1 Get Out, Right Now2 Turn Off the World
3 Connection
4 We're Convicted
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