EAGLES OF DEATH METAL - 'Zipper Down' (2015)

16 November 2015

Лейбъл: Downtown Records
Издаден: 2015
Aвтор: Ивайло Александров
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This is only rock'n'roll and its purpose is to entertain, not to give a fuck and to point the finger at all serious perception of things. Roughly these are the foundations on which the two friends from high school, Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme built the backbone of its rock tornado ЕAGLES OF DEATH METAL. And don't look for anything more in their fourth album 'Zipper Down'. Nor less.

From the very beginning of the album, with the sticking on the cortex speedster 'Complexity', to the closing 'The Reverend' you have dynamic, hysterical, cynical and very, very catchy rock'n'roll. Boogie-woogie, glitter, California hotshot, LA badassness, leather jackets, shades, dirty jokes, a bottle of whiskey, two white lines towards the horizon and you ride the eternal rock highway inherited from Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, Grand Funk Railroad and everyone else who made the world to wear sunglasses when looking at the rock'n'roll to not go blind by the bright flames.

Josh and Jesse are not the most common albums releasing combination, but when they do ... well, there's always something to listen to. And always with a subtle sense of humor (here the hipsters got it). The musical equivalent of the films of Tarantino, Rodriguez and anyone who can make you smell burnt rubber and dust from the pavement of his films. As long as they are filled with cars, deserts, gambling, dirty jokes, booze and boobs.

Nothing old and tested is not foreign for ЕAGLES OF DEATH METAL and they are willing to recycle every cliche, as long as it can pass through the turbo engine of the band. So it is here - they even quote themselves. Three of the songs on 'Zipper Down' ('Complexity', 'I Love You All The Time' and 'Oh Girl') we already have heard them in the solo album of Jesse 'Honkey Kong' (released under the pseudonym Boots Electric in 2011). And among the songs we find a cover of 'Save A Prayer' by Duran Duran. Naturally, everything is exposed and disguised, so it does not cease to be interesting.

'Zipper Down' is a roller coaster, operated by engine driver on speed. The songs are fast, slippery sticking in your head and stay there to hum them till the next time you listen to them. ЕAGLES OF DEATH METAL is a posture of self-irony, cynicism, humor and nonchalance. True rock'n'roll as it is.