Cover of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Take Them On, On Your Own
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For fans of black rebel motorcycle club, lovers of shoegaze and garage rock, and listeners seeking melancholic alternative music
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THE REVIEW

I'm from Los Angeles, but don't think of bronzed guys skating around and extolling the infinite joys of the sun, with low-rise jeans and Hawaiian shirts. They're a trio. Pale, disheveled, and always dressed in black. They seem to never leave their damp rooms and their constant paranoia. They have the haunted look of too many sleepless nights and too many cigarettes.

They play a kind of dark garage, a little sick, called 'shoegazer'. Songs that meld into the ears, sick if not incomprehensible lyrics, all driven by ringing guitars, dominant bass, and the power of despair.

In their first album, they had fun channeling all their melancholy and a good dose of cursed love, but in this one they experiment with distorted guitars and a baggage of existential doubts. The third album is on the way. Who knows... maybe they've decided to come out of the basement and get a tan, but with all my heart I hope not.

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This review paints Black Rebel Motorcycle Club as a dark, melancholic trio rooted in shoegaze and garage rock. Their album 'Take Them On, On Your Own' features distorted guitars and themes of despair and existential doubt. The band’s raw image complements their haunting sound. The reviewer hopes the band maintains their brooding style in future releases.

Tracklist Lyrics Videos

01   Stop (04:36)

02   Six Barrel Shotgun (03:06)

03   We're All in Love (03:37)

04   In Like the Rose (05:22)

05   Ha Ha High Babe (04:12)

07   Shade of Blue (04:22)

08   US Government (05:32)

09   And I'm Aching (03:52)

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11   Rise or Fall (03:56)

12   Going Under (03:14)

13   Heart + Soul (07:14)

14   Take Them On, on Your Own (05:26)

15   High/Low (04:00)

16   Waiting Here (03:52)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (often shortened to BRMC) is an American rock band formed in 1998, associated with dark, guitar-driven alternative/garage rock that reviewers frequently connect to shoegaze textures and the influence of The Jesus and Mary Chain. Their catalog is noted for both heavy, distorted rock and stylistic left turns such as the acoustic-rooted album “Howl.”
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By condor

 The sound is the same, the grit is superior, the choruses are memorable - that’s what rock ’n’ roll is made of.

 I don’t know, Psychocandy. This album will sell a lot, and for once it’s right that way.


By SouthMan

 If monotony had the appearance of a woman in heat, she would definitely have relations with BRMC.

 Despite all the advertising they have, there is better in Italy, just look around.