I was first swept away by The Black Box Revolution when I heard their "Live At The Ab" EP last year, and I've been waiting, anxiously, for this ever since.
The two men responsible for my anticipation - Belgians Dries Van Dijck on drums and Jan Paternoster on everything else - have enough fire, passion and energy in their punky take on the Blues to blow away the deepest set cobwebs. Straight from the off, on the fantastic `Love, Love Is On My Mind', they apply melody and aggression in equally quantities, giving you something to hum and something to bang your head to. Not an easy trick to pull off, but songs like `Gravity Blues', `Love Is In Your Head', `Cold Cold Hands' and the immense title track are just built for participation.
It's been mixed by a bloke who worked with Wolfmother and mastered by a White Stripes collaborator, something that should give you a rather hefty clue to their sound. It's been a while since any raw, ragged Blues blasted its way into the mainstream, but this could be the one to do it. A fantastic debut that deserves to the two man Blues army take the world by storm.
