Album review: Jim Jones Revue – Burning Down Your House
The Jim Jones Revue have been playing their own turbo-charged take on Rock ‘n’ Roll since 2007. Jones was previously the lead singer of hard rock band Thee Hypnotics and you can hear his rock influences in ‘Burning Down Your House’, the band’s second album. The first self-titled album received much critical acclaim but failed to make much of an impact on the nation’s musical landscape. So will ‘Burning Down Your House’ fair any better?
The Jim Jones Revue are most often compared to Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and with the prominent and frantic piano, it’s a fair comparison. The album is an explosive and energetic burst of old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll fused with the seventies stoner rock of bands like the MC5. With most songs coming in at under three minutes and loaded with attitude it packs one hell of a punch. ‘Burning Down Your House’ is liberally sprinkled with infectious hook spliced into its 12 bar blues. Album opener ‘Dishonest John’ and the fast and furious ‘Killing Spree’ are probably the best songs but the whole album works really well, especially when it’s played very, very loud!
Mark Cousens
out 6th September
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