Buzzcocks
Manchester Rain
Single
Manchester Rain is the second single to be taken from Buzzcocks’ new album Sonics In The Soul. Blockheads lead singer Mike Bennett evaluations the monitor for Louder Than Warfare.
Manchester Rain is the unbelievable new single from the Buzzcocks. Steve Diggle has actually stored the flag flying with the enduring sound of the group that has had so many incarnations from the Howard Devoto years by way of to the Pete Shelley years however after all Steve Diggle has been the linchpin all through the totally different line-ups.
The one is punchy, punky and retains that traditional Manchester sound. Most punk bands got here and went within the traditional yr of 1977 however the Buzzcocks at all times stored going altering the sound as they went alongside, fleeting from speedy pop punk to the ground-breaking Spiral Scratch EP that was a famous benchmark recording within the punk and new wave period.
The hooky, infectious refrain has pop sensibilities however the chugging guitar and bass has a unbelievable post-modernist punk sound that may be very radio pleasant. If that is an instance of the album then deliver it on, it’s infectious, catchy and has develop into an earworm that I merely can’t get out of my head.
Test it out it’s good.
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All phrases by Mike Bennett. Tune in to Mike’s Freak Get together on Louder Than Warfare Radio, Thursdays 7pm and Sundays 4pm.
