Nite Songs

  Okay, so this is it - the official Nite Songs Top 10 albums of 2022. Enjoy... *** 10.  THE HELLACOPTERS - "Eyes Of Oblivion" A comeback album that thankfully rather than being a faded retread of past glories was a timely reminder of everything that was great about the Hellacopters first time around. With a good mix of lightning precision garage rock and some unexpected sonic twists and turns all backed up by Nicke Andersson being his usual imperious self up front and a returning Dregen firing off the riffs to devastating effect, this was a triumphant return from this seminal band. *** 9. MILES HUNT - "Things Can Change" Recorded during the lockdown, Things Can Change  felt almost like an arm around the shoulder from Milo to reassure us that everything was gonna be alright. With a mix of slower introspective numbers and a couple of heavier interludes which were originally aimed for a Vent 414 reunion that never quite happened, it made for an enjoyably varied album ...

As that well known rock philosopher W Axl Rose once observed, it's hard to hold a candle in the cold November rain. I mean, he didn't say anything about reviewing new singles in it like but we've got to start somewhere. Anyway, come in and take some shelter from the storms outside why don'tcha and let's see what's on the singles bar this month shall we?... Anyway, starting us off as we take our seats at the bar this month are Bob Vylan , whose The Price Of Life  will almost certainly be up there when it comes to our end of year awards in a few months' time. Their new single The Delicate Nature  (🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕) featuring Slaves' Laurie Vincent might just be their strongest yet. Relatively restrained by the Vylan standards, it still has plenty of the anger of old directed against gentrification and the cleansing of underprivileged inner city areas but opts for a new stealthier approach railing against gentrification before amping up to a brutally heavy outro....

Something of a new name to this writer, this is actually the third album from Welsh indie veteran Simon Love. And I have to be honest, my reaction upon listening to it is "why on earth haven't I heard of this guy before?" The best description I can think of for Love, Sex & Death Etc  is if you imagine Pulp if they'd received some songwriting lessons from Billy Bragg and a few lessons on how to do orchestration from Burt Bacharach. Yep, seriously, that good. Although it gets off to a bouncy Britpoppy opener with the ode to his wife Me And You , it doesn't take long for a spitefulness to come to the surface. I Will Dance  is a great song with its ode to revenge on the bastards currently running this country into the ground and its chorus of "When you fall I will laugh/And when you die I will dance" . The Fuck-Up  expands on the theme even further with a middle eight including Love's father reading Nye Bevan's speech about the Tories being lower...