Album Review: MelonHeadMan – The Good & The Bad
As if to prove Tunbridge Wells has more to offer than angry letter writers, up pop Melonheadman with their debut album. Melonheadman are clearly influenced by Lynyrd Skynrd and ZZ Top though singer Simon Savage has a voice much closer to Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie.
Mixing the kind of boogie-woogie piano most associated with Jools Holland with Skynyrd’s southern rock, it’s a cracking album, with some high octane stormers like ‘Voodoo Lover’ and ‘Bad Bob’. ’Firewater Jesus’ does pretty much what it says on the tin with the intro scream of ‘moonshiiine’, though my favourite tracks are ‘Crowville’ and ‘Devil’s Daughter’.
The only downside is that The Good and the Bad is a little overlong (though that’s not unusual these days), I can’t help wondering if tighter quality control would have seen off the glam rock stomp of ‘Going Down South’, whilst the final ‘bonus’ track ‘Rolling Home’ sounds like a favourite and should probably have stayed that way – sometimes it’s nice to have something that only exists in the live arena. Overall though an excellent album and certainly a band I’d like to check out live. 4/5
Out 26/7 on Savage Acts Records
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