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Rating: It was that fateful evening when I, distractedly, listened to a Mooney Suzuki video on Brand:New. From that day on, I decided: "Yes, I have to find at least one album of these something-Suzuki!" And let's be honest, I found more than one. Formed in the early '90s in the Big Apple, they have become one of the most interesting acts in the contemporary garage-blues scene, thanks to that MC5-Led Zeppelin-Rolling Stones mix that is a delight to listen to nowadays.
The album starts with a punch to the gut, with the title-track "Electric Sweat". During the playback of this track, it's almost impossible to stay still. It feels like listening to a bit of the Datsuns and a bit of Led Zeppelin, the former especially in the vocal part, the latter in the instrumental setup. Pure, healthy rock'n'roll like we haven't heard since the debut of BRMC and the Strokes. "Oh Sweet Susanna" slightly winks at the Soundtrack Of Our Lives. The choruses and drums are indeed typical of the Swedish band led by Ebbot Lundberg. The album never loses its rhythm, except for the penultimate track "The Broken Heart", a ballad in full '60s style. The rock'n'roll imprint of the New York band continues to be felt throughout the thirty-five minutes of the album, through episodes such as "It's not easy", "Natural Facts" and "I woke up this mornin'" (which sounds so much like a rearranged cover of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones, so similar are the chords). The track that closes the album, "Electrocuted Blues", is an instrumental blues of about three minutes, with remarkable guitar virtuosity and a fairly sustained rhythm. In the end, the exclamation is almost automatic: "Wow, it's over already! What a pity... I might as well start it from the beginning..."
Nothing new in the sound of this album, but everything is packaged and blended so well that it is significantly above the average value of all this indie-rock-clone wave, which frankly has tired us a bit. Album, sound, and band: in "Electric Sweat" everything sounds and results very valid. We'll see in the future how much they have to say and especially if they won't end up forgotten as many have. Hope is the last to die, we'll see if it prevails.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Electric Sweat (03:36)
Shock in the socket
Blues in the fuse
Lettic and electric and
Uh lets get blues
All the young girls have a young use too
Moving to the music and the amplitude
Got a feeling been creeping up on me
Must be the electricity
Get ready, get set
What you get is electric sweat
Oh, electric sweat
Watch in my pockets
Arms in my bones
Hear me up a buyers and the microphone
Hear the guitars in this rock and roll song
Oh and it's turning everybody on
Gotta feeling gotta get up and go
My gut stops rattle I just have to explode
Get ready
Get set
'Cause the eel pulls electric sweat
Oh electric sweat, electric sweat, electric sweat
Well, turn up the turbine, turn up the juice
Turn on the turn table and turn me loose
Just pass the lever, let the record stand
Oh and turn it over and then we'll do it again
Gotta feeling been creeping up on me
Must be the electricity
Get ready
Get set
What you get is electric sweat
Electric sweat, electric sweat, electric sweat
What you get is electric sweat
What you get is electric sweat
What you get is electric sweat
What you get is electric sweat
02 In a Young Man's Mind (03:13)
Well in a young man's mind
It's a simple world
There's a little bit of music
And the rest is girls
In a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
Oh, in a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
Hey!
Oh, back when I was a boy
Growin' up was rough
We're dealin' with the teachers
And the folks and all that stuff
But I remember that day
It was in the second grade
When I met Laura
And then I couldn't get enough
In a young man's mind
It's a simple world
There's a little bit of music
And the rest is girls
In a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
Oh, in a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
Hey-yeah!
A kid with a guitar
What does he wanna do?
We'll be like Pete Townsend, Jimmy Page, and Hendrix too
We're gonna learn how to play
And practice it everyday
But I was really feelin'
I might meet some ladies this way
In a young man's mind
It's a simple world
There's a little bit of music
And the rest is girls
In a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
In a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
In a young man's mind (got nothin' to lose)
In a young man's mind (he got nothin', too true)
In a young man's mind (you know he got the blues)
In a young man's mind (and he just might let them do that)
Oh yeah!
Now I go to a man
And I do what I can
And I travel across this land
In a rock and roll band
But I'm so likely inclined
There's one thing on my mind
A predilection for affection
Of the female kind
In a young man's mind
It's a simple world
There's a little bit of music
And the rest is girls
In a young man's mind
It's a simple world
There's a little bit of music
And the rest is girls
In a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
In a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
Oh, in a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
A young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
In a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
Oh, in a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
Yeah, in a young man's mind (in a young man's mind)
Alright, a young man's mind (hey-ey-ey) (in a young man's mind)
In a young man's mind, in a young man's mind
A young man's mind, in a young man's mind (x3)
Hey!
Oh!
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