Album Review: The Drippers - "Scandinavian Thunder"

 


Hailing from Sweden, the Drippers are another of those bands who you suspect might just have a very well-worn copy of the Dead Boys' Young, Loud And Snotty in their record collection somewhere. Certainly, the thunderous Sonic Reducer style guitars of opener 5 Day Blues (2 Day Boogie) definitely has Stiv and Cheetah's fingerprints all over it. Second track Overload ups the intensity to almost Motorhead style levels and the initial signs here are good.

Sure, we've had plenty of nasty scuzzed-up rock 'n' roll reprobates peddling this music passing through the Nite Songs review pages in recent months but there's just something about the sheer unbridled ferocity of tunes like Time For Some Action and Shine No Light or the Hip Priests style full throttle assault of Racing Down A Dead End and Shit Island Showdown which makes your mouth smile and your head bob along. It's the oldest trick in the book but dammit, it undoubtedly still works - I mean just listen to the absolute jackhammer of a riff propelling Deadbeat Groove along if you need proof.

January and February can be a bit of a miserable time of the year, especially with that sodding virus still running riot so if you need some good old fashioned scummy rock 'n' roll played by bad 'uns from the wrong side of the tracks then Scandinavian Thunder should definitely see you right. Cue it up, grab a beer and let your problems go for 35 minutes - you'll feel a lot better for it, trust me.

NITE SONGS RATING: 🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌑🌑 (8/10)

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