The fact Zane Lowe’s been jizzing his pants over these guys is no recommendation: the man jizzes his pants over every band with a guitar and a couple of tattoos. But Max Raptor have definitely got something. Along the lines of PABH, These Monsters, Hawk Eyes, they’re big on shouty vocals and chunky guitars propelled by hard drumming. But unlike the aforementioned acts, their sound equally draws on contemporary punk. Or, as the press release puts it, ‘Mother’s Ruin’ is ‘a heroic modern British rock album, with the grit and soul of Queens Of The Stone Age, the athletics of modern punk, and the angular shapes of British new wave.’ Hmm.
With an emphasis on big choruses – by which I mean BIG, fist-pumping, terrace-chanting choruses - the result is rather more accessible. It’s not necessarily a good thing, but nor is it a criticism, so much as an observation.
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