Art Brut
Bang Bang Rock & Roll

THE REVIEW

The term "Art Brut," coined by the painter Jean Debuffet and roughly meaning "Raw Art," refers to an artistic movement that emerged in France at the end of the 1940s. This movement was founded on a unique approach to art, aiming to create works "without artistic or aesthetic intention, but instead obeying a need, a creative and expressive impulse."
Unfiltered and uninfluenced energy, instinct, spontaneity that pour out into pure and simple music: it is in the joyous fusion of these elements that "Bang Bang Rock & Roll," the debut album (whose title is already paradigmatic) of the English quintet, sits.

"Look at us, we formed a band!" shouts Eddie Argos's voice in the debut track, as if to underline the quasi-"involuntary" nature that underlies the band's formation: the eleven tracks that follow fully confirm the impressions felt from the beginning, developing in a relaxed and fluid manner throughout the album's duration.
Certainly, the debts to the music tradition across the channel are quite evident (as in "My Little Brother," whose intro clearly nods to "London Calling"), but this does not detract from the value of an album that makes freshness and spontaneity its most evident and appreciable qualities.
In general, there is an impression of a more than successful mix of catchy melodies, sonic power, and rhythmic tension that reaches its peak in tracks like the aforementioned "Formed A Band," "Modern Art," or in the title track "Bang Bang Rock & Roll".

In conclusion, nothing transcendental or particularly innovative, but I believe that the pleasure of listening to good music can and should go beyond a judgment based solely on criteria of originality or artistic experimentation.
A very pleasant surprise.