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The Crack Pipes, led by smoky vocalist Ray Colgan, debuted with
Every Night Saturday Night (Sympathy, 2001), a schizophrenic collection
that alternated furious, distorted garage rock'n'roll
(Cottonpickin') and
devoluted blues numbers a` la Jon Spencer
(Every Night Saturday Night, Two Gold Rings). Plus an
eight-minute cover of Downtown Diddley.
The blues is the center of mass on follow-up album
Snakes In My Veins (Emperor Jones, 2003), despite the fact that it begins
with the hysterical Cinnamon Roll and despite a shouted wicked
Snakes in my Vein and despite the exuberant ska-core rave-up of
Special Rider.
But Avenues and Boulevards, which sounds like the Aerosmith covering the Doors' Riding in the Storm,
The World Is A Crooked Place
and the hyper-psychedelic slow and distorted nine-minute workout Jawbone Blues, reveal Colgan's blues soul. The Bob Dylan-esque shuffle of Super Motel 8 adds pathos to the proceedings.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Davide Cetoloni)
I Crack Pipes, capitanati da Ray Colgan, debuttarono con Every Night Saturday Night (Sympathy, 2001),
un'album schizofrenico, in cui si alternano furiosi e distorti garage rock'n'roll (Cottonpickin') e
pezzi blues alla Jon Spencer(Every Night Saturday Night, Two Gold Rings).
Piu' una cover di otto minuti di Downtown Diddley.
Il blues è il perno attorno a cui ruota Snakes In My Veins (Emperor Jones, 2003), nonostante il fatto che
inizia con l'isterica Cinnamon Roll, nonostante la perversa Snakes in my Vein e nonostante l'esuberante ska-core rave-up di
Special Rider.
In Avenues and Boulevards, che suona come se gli Aerosmith facessero le cover di Riding in the Storm,
The World Is A Crooked Place dei Doors, e nei 9 minuti psichedelici ,lenti e distorti di Jawbone Blues,
si sente tutta l'anima blues di Colgan.
La Dylaniana Super Motel 8 aggiunge infine una buona dose di pathos al tutto.
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