The album’s title suggests they don’t expect too much commercial success. With a sound rooted in 90s grunge, and citing Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Queens of the Stone Age, the Wigan trio roar their way through some suitably angsty numbers. ‘Time’ leans heavily on Nirvana’s ‘Breed’ while affecting the gritty sound of tracks featured on the Incesticide’ compilation. Still, it’s a decent enough tune, and the driving grunge country rock of ‘The Line’ and the sleazecore garage surf of ‘Bring the Axe Down’ show they’ve got range beyond the obvious templates of the genre they’re aligned to.
‘Tattoo’ offers a snaking post-punk bassline that erupts into a big, ballsy chorus, and there are no shortage of sweaty riffs and fat, buzzing guitars, and sprawling closer ‘Sad Sun’ brings a bass-led swagger to proceedings. Then again, there are moments that are quite delicate and melodic, and the contrasts serve to accentuate not only the band’s firepower, but also shows they’re adept songwriters.
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The production is straight ahead and suitably unpolished, adding to the immediacy and directness of the material. It’s a solid album that should find fans in many places, and they could yet find themselves being, by their own definition, ‘wrong’.
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