Okay if you’re looking for an album that is going to turn that frown upside down than you can’t go past Crooked Saint’s new EP Every Angry Inch. This has to be one of the most infectious albums I have heard this year… it lifted my spirits within minutes and I swear I already now every lyric on it.
Every Angry Inch wins you over early on. The Black Keys feel of the title track is awesome and the tin drums get inside your head (in a good way) and from then on there is no way you are turning the album off. ‘The Big Easy’ is a great piece of storytelling songwriting… so good that I think even Paul Kelly would feel a little jealous.
‘Kick The Habit’ is extremely catchy and I fell in love with it from the very first listen… the harmonica also adds something a little different to it. The catchiness continues with ‘Overcrowded Bar’, a song you’ll be singing along to in no time, and its heavier parts show that there is a hidden side to Crooked Saint. The EP then closes with ‘The Company’, yet another song that will have you singing and the beat is so catchy that you may be doing a little bit of foot tapping as well.
With melodies to kill for it is no surprise that Crooked Saint is one of the most talked about artists (it is actually Tim Wheatley) in Australia at the moment… this is an EP that you must own.
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