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 RUMBLE
CLUB- In Case of Rumble… (Rumble
Club Records) Attention all you psychotic hilljobs, my favorite KY
rockabillies are back (and that’s KY as in the great state of
Kentucky
, not the fuck lubricant, ya greazeball)! While I thought Rumble Club’s
last release, Rumble Club Rides
Tonight, could’ve alternately been called Guns,
Pussy, Hot Rods and Beer, this one could easily take its title from
track 11, “Gonna Do Me Some Sinnin’.” I mean, hell, baby, they cover
all the fun things here- murder, gambling problems, road rage, being
tormented by the devil and a variety of other downright ornery behaviors.
It’s kind of like those old ‘50s dime novels that so excellently paint
tales of lurid conflict (you know- red hot shit like SIN
MAN: His guitar played a lust song for wantons). Rumble Club does this
with a perfect balance of over-the-top vice AND authenticity. But what
prevents this band from merely being an interesting retro act is that they
just sound so GOD DAMN GOOD. These fuckers play some seriously smokin’
tunes. You don’t have to look further than this disc’s opener, “The
Youngers,” (a blistering tale of three ill-fated brothers who have a
penchant for violent pranks and who ultimately go out with one helluva
bang) to understand what I mean. All this said, I already knew that Rumble
Club could rock the fuck out of shit. But what’s really impressed me
with this release is that they can also make subtle and more understated
tracks like the smooth, galloping “Leaving This Town,” a number about
young lovers leaving a dead end place together, work so well. Leader Jack
Coray’s deep, clear, mighty voice sounds better than ever, the guitar
work is top-notch, often vicious and consistently awesome (with more ass
kickin’ riffs than crabs on a two-bit whore), and the rhythm section
pounds away throughout this disc like nobody’s got-dang bidness. As if
the 12 new cuts these talented rockabillies give us here weren’t enough,
they’ve tacked on three torrid live versions of songs originally
released on the last one. Powerful good stuff.–Ben Hunter
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