Awesome Color - Awesome Color (Ecstatic Peace!)

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When early copies of this album were let loose in the States late last year, much was made of frontman Derek Stanton’s friendship with The Stooges’ drummer Scott Asheton and the fact that they’re signed to Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth’s label.

You can imagine why – at the root of these blistering songs is a love of both the strain of hard psychedelia that The Stooges and MC5 became known for, and some of the strident experimentation that Sonic Youth did best in the early part of their career. But Awesome Color are their own group, and a superb one at that.

Now Brooklyn based, their debut is rock’n’roll done with grit, muscle and a total lack of pretension. You pray when you hear it that it’s the beginning of a new flood.

For too long bands have been preoccupied with angular post-punk riffs, tight trousers and tossing their fringes about.

This record marks a return to soul.