Album Review: The Lords Of Altamont - "Turn On, Tune In, Electrify!"
Still very much out there and kicking two decades into their career, this is no less than the Lords of Altamont's seventh album and finds them kicking out the jams as only they can. Yes, they remain a band firmly rooted in the heavier end of psychedelic garage rock but as long as they keep injecting their tunes with the sort of power and urgency that's become their trademark you won't catch me complaining too loudly. Opener Living With The Squares lays the template down from the off, a frenetic guitars, bass, drums and keys pile-up which reminds me a bit of Mott The Hoople's old proto-punk classic The Moon Upstairs while the similarly heavy Burn Me Out is pure early Deep Purple, maybe with a touch of the Stooges chucked into the mix (indeed, they cover Iggy and co's Lost In The Future elsewhere on this 'un). Million Watts Electrified and the pounding We'll Never Leave This World Alive kick the tempo up even further with their driving guitars an...