Taste For Evil
Hound Gawd!, 2019
9/10
The Cutthroat Brothers don’t waste much time between albums, and here they deliver 10 new tracks about sex, drugs, death and bad relationships where the real life barbers Jason Cutthroat and Donny Paycheck (formerly of Zeke) tear through garage rock, punk rock and swamp rock sounds.
The title track starts the album with a driving pace and smooth melodies amid the gritty rock setting, and “Shake Move Howl Kill” follows with a throbbing backdrop of visceral and nearly bluesy energy that might make you do all the things in the title, except, hopefully, kill.
A quick listen where there just isn’t a dud, “Black Candle” trims the pace back and isn’t short on fuzz and sleazy grooves, while “Killing Time” uses jagged rhythm amid some subtle grunge nods with much success.
Closer to the end, “Candy Cane” offers us charged punk rock with a head bobbin’, toe tappin’ sing-along appeal, and “The King Is Dead” concludes the affair with thick haze and crashing percussion on the slow burning exit.
Even though this is just their 2nd album (they’ve only been together just about 2 years), the duo have already cemented themselves as one of the most exciting outfits in the area of punk rock with their razor sharp song craft and raw yet tuneful formula.
Travels well with: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Specter At The Feast; The Cramps- Flamejob