I think the album cover and album title are a good indication of just where THE LONG INSIDERS are coming from, and I have to say it's great to be finally holding their album having had an eye out for them since they found me on Myspace a couple of years back when their tunes really grabbed me.
The album is a great Rockabilly ride of Gretch guitars and drums with a Dick Dale/ Link Wray feel to it, crossed with some Imelda May /Brenda Lee duetting with Vince Taylor/Robert Gordon vocals split between Sarah and Nick, allowing them to work together or in argument with each other as on the opener Told A Truth. Well of course you did, while telling us you did me wrong with an almighty rumble going on underneath the vocals.
The album swings along asking us about Temptation in quite a menacing way but whatever you do don't give them no Back Chat. That's a fine, fine tune that leads us into Cool Rockin' Daddy which rocks like the title suggests and has great shared vocals again. Getting caught in the band's own Man Trap sounds like it would be a good adventure and you just might be happy to be caught by Sarah when she sings like that.
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Did I Do Right? has the most menacing rumble on the record and soon makes you realise the person asking the question knows they've done wrong, yet you have to listen to find out the whole tale. Still as you'd expect, they Have The Devil In Me and make the chorus at the end so irresistible you have to sing along.
The album closer Nervous has Sarah singing about how she gets so nervous when you say goodbye and is worried about what you are up to before coming back with another bunch of flowers or getting in at 5 when you should have been in at 3. It appears she doesn't know why you make her so nervous, but the twanging guitars and rumbling bass conspire to create a great paranoid love song.
A great debut album for sure. I hope to see them live again soon.
The Long Insiders online
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