By Monk
The name of Dan Byrne should need no introduction to regular ÜR readers, as he is a regular visitor to these pages, albeit in various guises, be it as frontman of the wonderful Revival Black, providing lead vocals for the insanely talented Myke Gray or washing us off the top of a certain Welsh mountain this past summer with a showstopping solo set… well, what would you know but one of the hardest working dudes on the NWoCR is only back and kicking in our door again with this rather majestic little five-track EP…
And it’s a release that doesn’t exactly live up to its name, as Byrne and his bandmates – drummer Veit Schlembach, guitarist Dani Davis and bassist Chris Buchberger – deliver five tracks of breath-taking blues-rock filth ‘n’ fury that broils. bubbles and seethes with passion and pathos, mixed with ironic laconocism and languidity but enough fiery volcanism to keep Mount Etna in business for the next millennium.
This is an EP that doesn’t need room to breathe. It immediately invades every one of your senses, plants itself on your worn-out leather sofa, demands a beer and declares “inhale me”. Well. I don’t smoke, but I’ll gladly have some of these fumes and take a walk in this bad rain…
- ‘Room To Breathe‘ is released tomorrow (Friday 3 November).
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