There’s a case to be made for not messing with the tried and tested formula of two sharp-edged guitars, a raucous singer and an energetic engine room and Welsh band The Sick Livers knows it only too well.Eight three minute songs pepper this 12-inch EP (also available as a download) and they’re all pretty good. The guitars ride a nice dirty undercurrent with some skilful lead-work that never gets too flashy while Ginge’s vocals sound like a cross between the late Bon Scott and our mate Jesse the Intruder from Australia’s Psychotic Turnbuckles. Live, Iet’s look in our own (Australian) backyard and say they’d be a match with Sydney’s Bunt, Adelaide’s Meat Beaters or The Busymen from Brisbane.
And the songs? There’s the singalong “Bummed To Death”, the rolling bass thunder clap “Give Me The Drugs” , the super-catchy “Cocaine Jeans”and the swaggering “Hell Bent On You” to punch a hole in your listening day. “Get Ready” could be a Rose Tattoo song from “Assault and Battery”.
The Sick Livers don’t do anything they shouldn’t and aren’t about to play a soft rock ballad. They proudly say their EP was recorded in garages and sheds. As it should have been.
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