LOS VOLIDOS - THE NEW FAVOURITES OF

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SIDE A = 1. Hot Rods Nite   2. Go Back You Fool   3. Ride On Me, Babe!

SIDE B = 4. Johnny Law   5. I'll Leave My Home   6. Show Me The Light.

Sleazy Records / SR10-09

First of all, I have to confess that Los Volidos is one of my favourite bands among the ones that we can enjoy nowadays in action. And this brand new 10" shows for sure the good quality and high level of the work of these guys from Asturias, Spain, with a style true to the good old Hillbilly mixed up with a good deal of almost as old Rockabilly that makes you dance from the very first notes. No way to remain stand still. Believe me.

A "mini-LP" in 10" format, released by Sleazy Records, in which we get 3 songs per side, four of them being composed by the band: "Hot Rods Nite", Ride On Me, Babe!", "I'll Leave My Home" and "Show Me the Light". All of them really good in that above-mentioned "Rockabilly meets Hillbilly" style where the presence of the steel guitar helps quite a lot in that blend. Or Rockabilly, giving more strength to the "billy" half of the word.

The other two songs are a couple of very well chosen covers, fitting perfectly with the rest of the album: "Go Back You Fool" is a cover of a song recorded by Faron Young as long way back as in 1955 for Capitol, while "Johnny Law" is a cover of a much more recent song, coming from the songbook of Wayne Hancock and having been recorded by Hancock himself in 1997.

Six very good indeed songs, recorded in December 2014 and released in 2015 but that could have been recorded in the 50's of the 20th Century for the Starday label. Now you can say I'm mad for writing that, but go and listen to the record first, please.

It has to be also highlighted the artwork for the sleeve: a beautiful picture in sepia colour for the cover and black and white pictures used for the back, helping a lot in that time-travelling back to the 50's...

Outstanding work of all four Los Volidos' members: Mauro Regueiro playing guitar and singing the songs composed by the band; Mark Polza playing steel guitar and rhythm guitar as well as giving voice to the covers; Marcos Alonso keeping the beat at the drums; and Pikos Kid doing the same but with the double-bass. All of them have to be given their share of applause. So good!

Brief: great 50's style Rockabilly and Hillbilly... made in the 21st Century! Highly recommended.