Sound & Fury – Sound & Fury
With a sound so dirty, that it screams ‘I just fucked your girlfriend’ the output of the sound and the fury is pure rock n roll.
Where bands like the Towers of London leaned closer to punk rock, S&F are clearly children of AC/DC and rock, more a rock punk style-if you will.
And It works, it works because first and foremost the vibe is right, at time vocals approach shouting and almost off key, but never is the feeling of abandon and strong rocking tunes lost.
Where some recordings can desensitize the essence of a band by polishing it to transparency S&F are allowed to breath, more than that they are allowed to get a beer, and even more than that their allowed to get absolutely wasted
It comes as no surprise to find them touring with ‘Airborne’ as much of the sound starts at the same place as the antipodeans, that late seventies early eighties AC/DC-mixed with the have a good time or fuck off punk ethic; but Sound and fury add a little welcome edge, a little bite. Songs like ’Teenage rampage’ and ’Schools out’ are like little ’TNT’s and ’Dirty deeds…’ running round the place, destroying anything they can get their hands on.
This all could have remained at bar room band done good standard, but its the strength of ’Bad touch’ that shows how S&F can really cut a track that is both memorable and fresh, whilst still nodding the mohican to the older guys.
Singer Luke Metcalf wanted to create ‘…a killer rock album, to party your ass off to..’ and in that respect Sound and fury are a success, but in reality they’ve set the bar high enough to win enough fans to drink it dry.