The Virginmarys
King Of Conflict (Double Cross/Cooking Vinyl)
Friday 18 January 2013
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EmailIf you are extremely religious about your rock, take communion from this impressive Macclesfield trio.
Intelligently heavy, their riff-lead explosive sound is wonderfully controlled by tightly disciplined and uncommonly inventive musicianship.
Danny Dolan on drums and Matt Rose on bass work together like men possessed and Ally Dickaty blast-welds his vocal surges and blood-rushing riffs in a perfect symbiosis of rhythms.
These are angst-driven songs that reflect the disintegrating world around them: "No rest no sleep no peace no life no one no guarantees no home no job no cash no boss no suit no sign on me."
Bandanas off also for tackling the taboo of domestic violence perpetrated by women in Portrait Of Red and the anti-capitalist You've Got Your Money, I've Got My Soul - suitable for barricades everywhere. Perfect for any hungry heart.
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