Did you wake up this morning, like I did, with a hankering for a Scottish garage rock-n-roll duo? There must be something in the air.
Luckily, then, I found these guys in my eMail in-box when I turned my computer on.
The Creeping Ivies are Becca Bomb on guitar and vocals and Duncan Destruction on drums. Becca’s voice is that wonderful combination of honey and gravel (reminds me of the long lost Wolfie) – taking their inspirations, like every garage rock worth their salt, from Bo Diddley, The Sonics, The Cramps, Link Wray and The Ramones.
They have a three-track EP out via Bandcamp, produced by Robin Wynn-Evans (Manic Street Preachers, The View) at T-Pot Studios and it’s awesome. Kicking off with a call-to-arms, so to speak, of Buggin’ Around – primal, stripped back and raw. Head To Tail has a riff that was bugging the fuck out of me for being achingly familiar all morning; yet weirdly I couldn’t place it until I started doing the dishes and then it struck me – Brimful of Asha by Cornershop – but this execution of the riff is, obviously raw-er and much cooler.
While closer, and title-track, is a real wild child.
Great stuff
Natasha
January 19, 2012
Wow! I love it!
Justine
January 19, 2012
Awesome sounds – can’t wait to see if they come to NZ