If you’re into sleazy rock n roll such as Hanoi Rocks, Backyard Babies or Dogs D’amour, then check out this self-titled release from Ipswich’s East Town Pirates – an album filled with good ole drinking tunes that will make you want to kick off your boots, grab a bottle of rum and sing along.
The sing along tracks of which I speak, come in the form of the instantly catchy “Ship Ahoy” and “Murdertown”, whilst the likes of “Knifes” and “Baby Strange” are more in your face and to the point.
Then halfway through the album there’s the unexpected cover in Rudyard Kiplings “A Smugglers Song”, which title alone is of course in keeping with the pirate theme, but East Town Pirates also make it feel as though Kipling could have written it for the band himself.
With Rikki Rumoldew sounding like a man on sixty a day, his vocal style is a perfect complement to the guitar riffs ripped up by the aptly named Jonnie Murder and Kutthroat Kev, which in turn are backed with Shameless Seamus on bass and Zak Cousteau behind the kit.
So from the opening drum roll to the last note on “All Going Down Together” this debut is right up there with some of the aforementioned artists, so if this hasn’t wet ya whistle then be prepared to walk the plank… yarrr.
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Mr Teeth
