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22-20s
Like their musical grandfathers the Rolling Stones, this UK-based garage-rock act have the common sense to name themselves after a great old blues song, Skip James' "22-20 Blues." The constantly touring four-piece has a lot going for them: swaggering vocals, revved-up slide guitar playing, and a strong rhythm section. The real problem with the 22-20s is that every single riff the band plays has been raved-up a hundred thousand and one times before, often with more energy, wit and invention. The band is definitely good, really good in fact, as the most cursory listen to "Devil in Me" or "Why Don't You Do It for Me?" reveals. But when you tackle this kind of up-tempo, distorted guitar on top of Bo Diddley beat with lyrics about love and loss schtick, you go up against the Yardbirds and Gun Club and Gories and White Stripes. So let's hope that next time out, these boys rock harder, weirder, or just you know, more rocking-er. --Mike McGonigal
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Tracks| 1 | Devil In Me | | 2 | Such A Fool | | 3 | Baby Brings Bad News | | 4 | 22 Days | | 5 | Friends | | 6 | Why Don't You Do It For Me? | | 7 | Shoot Your Gun | | 8 | The Things That Lovers Do | | 9 | I'm The One | | 10 | Hold On | | 11 | Baby, You're Not In Love (US-Only Bonus Track) |
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