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Whoa. I was scared there for a second. The first five seconds actually, but then my fears were alleviated when I heard the beautiful dirty ass southern rock bursting forth from my dust covered speakers, and knock the dust off it did, man the Dexateens have got to be one of the funnest bands I’ve heard in a while. That first riff you hear on track one kinda sounds to me like a bad Lenny Kravitz riff, but the slash and burn rest of the album more than makes up for it, and talk about wicked vocals, dude, I’d like to see the x-rays of John Smith's shredded vocal chords at the end of the show. I seriously think these guys are what The Stones would have sounded like had they been from Alabama. Instead of paying lip service to southern music they could have been the real deal. Hot, nasty, gritty, ass-sweaty real deal rock’n’roll, man southern rock is back with a goddam vengeance, and I’m not gonna get in the way. I can’t get some of these songs out of my head. “Air we breathe” is such a wicked nod to early psychadelia I can’t believe it, had these guys been around in ’65 I’m pretty certain Lenny Kaye would have had them on the nuggets compilation, track one. Well maybe not, but I think so. “Cherry” is probably my second fav from this album, these guys were in the red and the needles didn’t drop until the cymbals stopped shakin’. “Strangle hold” is just what is says, and I swear if you even think about turning this record down while is playin you’ve got serious problems. Man, Alabama humidity mixed with whiskey and big amps can only result in earth shaking rock and roll. Props to Estrus for signing these guys, because from what I’ve heard put out by Estrus in the past, these guys are definitely a little different from the Estrus norm, and if ever there were a band that could put Estrus on the map, and make the big labels shake a little in their boots, the Dexateens are it, with their fuck you fingers flying.
-Brigham Vicious 02/02/04
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