The Music, the whole Music and nothing but the Music
With songs that have those choruses, axe solos and ‘damn you’ drumming, Kitty Hudson are the right side of ‘commercial’. They haven’t sold out. Here’s a group that are in love with what they do and enjoy every moment. Taking no prisoners and having no pretensions.
“M.I.A.” kicks off with that rock sound and declares immediately that this band is not trying to be anything but themselves. They shoot from the hip. With tight axes and demonic drumming they move into “Damned If You Do”, which is a great celebration of sound that’ll have you head banging and bouncing around the place. Great rhythm and riffs that are fired at you like a ‘sawn off’ into a crowd.
“Homer J” hits you in the same way, whilst putting a smile on your face with lines like “Death wish, AC lick, Pilot Pen, Cheap trick”. And “(Just Another) Love Song” has those seemingly throw away riffs, good beat and melody: but it suffers from the chorus coming across as a "boys with guitars" sound.
Both “I Wanna Be Loved” and “Rock’n’ Roll” (fabulous line – “R.I.P. it up like you just don’t care”) are simple statements in sound. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated, just solid ‘Bang! Bang! Bang!’ Rock’n’ Roll. However “Jimmy’s Last Mistake” suffers from a chorus that seems to move the song into the ‘pop’ realm.
“Sick & Twisted” makes great use of the husky vocals that drip decadence all over the mic. With “CXR” putting you back among the Rock ’n’ Roll roots with a cheeky reference to... hmm… could it be The Ramones? With a line like “Hey Ho Let’s Go” whad’a’ya think?!
The closer on this album is “Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead”. This number has to be the ‘sing ’n’ bounce number at any gig. A great end to a great album.