Album Review: Snuff - "Crepuscolo Dorato Della Bruschetta Borsetta Calzetta Cacchetta Trombetta Lambretta Giallo Ossido, Ooooooh Così Magnifico!"

 

Well, there's your album title of the year right there. Joking aside, it's always good to see Snuff back and the band appear to have been on a bit of a creative hot streak in recent years with Crepuscolo Dorato (look, if you think I'm typing that title out in full every time I refer to it then you've got another think coming) being their third release in as many years following on from 2020's Wrath Of Thoth EP 2019's There's A Lot Of It About - not bad if you consider the group had done just two albums in the fifteen years prior to that.

Sound-wise, Crepuscolo is pretty much what you'd expect from Snuff with Duncan's machine gun drumming and sandpaper-rough vocals being backed up by some commendably aggressive riffing from his bandmates on the likes of Green Glass Chippings, Small F and Stolen From View. However, it's not the full story when it comes to this album - One Of Those Days shows a more subtle side to Snuff's output with its sense of melody and singalong chorus as does the subtle guitar work on Lemon Curd and Hard Times almost has a Hup era Wonder Stuff style rolling rhythm behind it.

This is a worthy successor album to There's A Lot Of It About as it sees Snuff on typical high octane rabble rousing form while also throwing a few unexpected twists and turns into the mix to ensure the listener's in no danger of getting bored. They may now be into their fourth decade as a band but there's certainly no sign of this lot running out of steam in the near future.

NITE SONGS RATING: 🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌔🌑🌑 (8/10)

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