NITROVILLE
Nitroville formed in the summer of 2010 when vocalist Tola Lamont joined forces with guitarist Kurt-Michael Boeck. A rhythm section, in the shape of bassist Fussi Andersen and drummer Dan Warren, who has since been replaced by Brazilian Cyro Zuzi, was recruited to complete the line-up . Six months of honing their sound, the band entered the studio with producer Marc Waterman, who had previously worked with the Smashing Pumpkins amongst others, and began work on ‘Can’t Stop What’s Comin’’, their debut release. The result is eleven tracks that range across the musical spectrum from slow, brooding ballads to all-out, frenetic rockers but with a common thread of being drenched in a Southern styled blues sound. The album kicks off with a trio of up tempo tracks, ‘Cheating The Hangman’, ‘Let It Roll’, which has very slight overtones of AC/DC’s ‘For Those About To Rock’ and Lamont sounding like a fired up Ann Wilson, and ‘Mississippi Wide Boy’. These tracks are followed by three slower paced songs. The first is ’Dust Devil’ which, for me, is the album highlight. Strangely enough it has an intro that is reminiscent of Simple Minds’ ‘Waterfront’ with added guitar! The intro gives way to a pulsing monster of a track which has a heavy, oppressive feel that exactly mirrors the lyrical theme. The remainder of the tracks are a mixture of what has gone before in terms of tempo and there isn’t really a single one that you could identify as weak or that doesn’t fit into the overall feel and quality of the album. This is a promising first release from Nitroville and they would appear to have the talent to progress in the right direction and become known and favoured by a wider audience. They also seem to have a sound which allows them to stand out somewhat from the ever growing number of new bands in the rock genre.
LABEL:
FORMAT:
Tijuana Brothers Records
Album
CAN'T STOP WHAT'S COMIN
Review by Dave Uphill
RUNNING TIME:
47:13
RELEASE DATE:
27th June 2011
TRACK LISTING
1) Cheating the Hangman
2) Let it Roll
3) Mississippi Wide Boy
4) Dust Devil
5) Cuts to the Bone
6) Twist in the Chain
7) Tell It Like It Is
8) Killing Kind
9) Bad Blood
10) Got What It Takes
11) Coming on Strong
2) Let it Roll
3) Mississippi Wide Boy
4) Dust Devil
5) Cuts to the Bone
6) Twist in the Chain
7) Tell It Like It Is
8) Killing Kind
9) Bad Blood
10) Got What It Takes
11) Coming on Strong
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
UK
"They...have a sound which allows them to stand out somewhat from the ever growing number of new bands in the rock genre."
