Dead Rabbits: The Ticket That Exploded 2013

 

There’s been a burst of psychedelia pushing through of late, the likes of the feted Temples, Hookworms

and Tame Impala have enjoyed considerable success drawing from the styles of yesteryear to create an exciting new wave, which has worked to really freshen guitar music up. And let’s be honest, in the post-Strokes era of the vacuous indie band (and I include the Strokes here), we’ve really needed it.
            

A sonic tumbling cacophony of perfectly planned and executed psychedelia that skirts both shoegaze and drone while remaining firmly planted in their rock’n’roll roots, Dead Rabbits do not disappoint. 

Yet another member of the growing roster of insanely talented musicians on Fuzz Club Records, Dead Rabbits debut album The Ticket That Exploded is quickly garnering attention amongst both listeners and the industry.  The album itself is a delightfully exploration into an area where the Jesus And Mary Chain would be as much as home as The Velvet Underground or The Brian Jonestown Massacre for that matter.  
            

Which isn’t to call Dead Rabbits derivative in any sort, they have a well-honed sound that is undeniably

all their own. It’s nice and varied yet they have a signature sound of gritty fuzzed guitars underpinning pleasant dream, psych melodies and it’s full of grinding riffs and strained, pleading vocals. You can say a lot about this debut, but not about the fact that this gem is unknown. Well, okay, that’s probably the fate of many good indie records, but it still hurts as this album is surely as good as a classic by The Telescopes or Moose (if you can remember them).
            

Described by the label as music that captures the bleak reality of growing up in modern Britain, you

will find nine tracks here that all breath a high dose of nihilism. The vocals by singer Tom Hayes are as careless as those by Jim Reid. The songs are quite psychedelic (hello Spacemen 3!), the fuzz guitars are shoegaze (so hello Loop!) and above all: it’s noisy pop (well hello My Bloody Valentine!).
                

Of course there are many bands that make music like this, but you’ll rarely come across a band that

makes irresistible tunes like It’s All In Her Head, MMB or Pulling The Trigger (the song with the superb chorus All I Ask You Is To Leave). Perhaps pop noir with fuzz guitars is a perfect way to describe the sound of these lads. I don’t know, but it sounds superb and for this kind of records, people invented the repeat button. This is top!
                   

On this 2013 release, the U.K.’s Dead Rabbits deliver a heavy throb of mid-tempo psychedelic drone

rock that tills the musical landscape with drug-dipped plow shears, uprooting dark slabs of underground sound. The music has a natural flow of zombie-like decadence, where guitars roar with a muddy declaration of near-life in the detached zone of those resigned to the grey screeching of shadow reality. 
                    

Sustained chords hover over hopeless voices with a revitalized surge of unstoppable forward motion.

Consistency and determination penetrate the darkness with a rumbling interstellar fierceness. This is an interesting place. Recalls bands like the Underground Youth, the Black Angels, the Velvet Underground, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Wooden Shjips, Stratford 4, Jesus and Mary Chain. Carefully Recommended.

                    

IT'S PSYCHEDELIC BABY MAGAZINE ( INERVIEW WITH THOMAS HAYES)

                                   

Dead Rabbits – The Ticket That Exploded
Label: Fuzz Club Records – none
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 2016
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 2013    
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock, Shoegaze

TRACKS

                  

01. Heavenly Way    5:53
02. Pulling The Trigger    2:38
03. MMB     4:54
04. Never Fall    3:36
05. Before I'm Too Late    4:45
06. It's All In Her Head    5:33
07. When I'm Blue    6:55
08. It's You    5:05
09. Keep Me Warm    4:05

LINE - UP

                   

Thomas Hayes (Guitar/Vocals)
Neil Atkinson Jr (Guitar)
Suzanne Sims (Drums)
Paul Seymour (Keys) 
Colin Fox (Bass)

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