Young Heart Attack
Mouthful Of Love

(n.d.a. The events that follow are highly fictionalized and may not correspond to reality)

...(silence)…[Open]-Click-zzzzzz-Young Heart Attack “Mouthful Of Love” inside-[Close]-Click-zzzzzzz-[Play]-zzzzzzz…3…2…1… CHAOS!!!
I get it instantly, this isn’t studio music, the kind you put on while reading to relax a bit. No, it’s not that kind. I try to ignore it and continue reading the chapter. I can’t, I realize my head is bobbing to the relentless beat of the drums. The letters refuse to stay still, they too are swaying; the damned things jump and writhe. The “K” and the “A” come out of the pantry and grab the instruments. That crafty little “F” turns up the stereo, 45/50 (it’s a record!), my window cracks.

“Damn it, keep it down, it’s two o’clock, it’s quiet hours in the building!!”. They don’t listen to me, neither does my body.
My head isn’t bobbing anymore; it’s just trying to knock down the desk with rhythmic headbutts. My hair gets messed up. I grab my Stratotelecaster-Frosties-22 string inflamed guitar (later I’ll find out it’s the vacuum cleaner), and launch into a solo, at the end of which I notice my audience. In the garden, 3 kids stare at me in shock, mouths agape, their grandma has fainted. Ok, show’s over. But the impression remains, this album is tremendously powerful.

Ten tracks for a scream-inducing Hard-Power-Rock debut (for the genre lovers). The guys are from Austin, Texas, their album released a few days ago is under the XL Recording name. Does it sound strange to you? Of course it does, because the aforementioned label (which launched, among others, Badly Drawn Boy) isn’t exactly prone to this kind of group, but in this case, the exception is worth it.

The impressions with a clear mind are very good. I really like the band. The powerful and compact impact closely resembles Fu Manchu. Chris Hodge’s voice in its setup and highs reaches the peaks of Axel Roses and even touches the golden god Jimmy Page. His partner, Jennifer Stephens, with a warm yet very high voice, thick, with a taste of vanilla and almonds, reminds me of the best Neko Case (second voice of the New Pornographers). A promising group that already has a wide following at home, whose sound is reminiscent of recent Datsuns and Darkness (but get the outfits and falsettos of these last ones out of your head) or the older AC/DC and Led Zeppelin.

The MC5 cover “Over And Over” might earn them a high five, but despite being very entertaining and bringing a lot of freshness, they don’t invent anything new. Therefore, the phrase from “Over And Over” “...people talking of revolution…” doesn’t apply; no revolution; but rather Chris’s declaration “we make music with which one would want to be arrested for the first time” (convinced, is he?).
It’s only Rock’n Roll but I like It!