| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is releasing their third and finest
full length to date with RCA Records on August 23rd. Howl is thirteen
tracks of raw Americana that incorporates the principal traditional
elements of twang, blues, folk and soul. Stripping down their
sound and going back to their roots, B.R.M.C. is comprised of
Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been and Nick Jago.
The 13 songs are as far removed from BRMC’s previous albums--partly
by design, partly because of the process--as they could be.
Strain and grope for adjectives all you want, but the best and
most accurate way to describe Howl – its title inspired by group’s
own vulturine spirit as much as the work of the beat poets ---
is simply to say that it’s a line of demarcation in the band’s
catalog. It’s the same line that the Stones drew with Beggars
Banquet; that the Clash drew with London Calling. It’s both
a summation and a turning point, a nod to the past and a look
into the future as well. |
