Fun Fact 1: even though the band name is horrible tongue twister it is actually the legitimate name of a celebrated 17^th century English naval officer.

Fun Fact 2: They are a band being horribly miss-sold.

As darlings of the cooler than though Rise Above records  and with a press release screaming that they reference  “the golden age of British heavy rock whose dog shit stained road was paved by the likes of Budgie, Sabbath, early Motorhead, Quo, Lizzy,” to provide “another slice of no-nonsense re-gressive proto-rock ‘n’metal”

All of which will lead you, like it did me, that they are another gaggle of wannabe retro occult metallers in tight jeans with all the gear and judging by the opening refrains of ‘Do It Now’ little idea.

But then it hit me during lo-fi fuzz of “Happiness Begins” and “Shake Your Head” that they actually have a lot more in common with garage blues of Jon Spence Blues Explosion and The BellRays and suddenly it all made sense and started rocking all the more enjoyable for it.

So rewinding back to “Do It Now” as it kicks off in in very fuzzy retro style with an up-tempo RIFF and locks into a solid bouncing groove that carries swagger to spare and then deviates into a bluesy instrumental diversion before hitting back into the main groove end ending with a full blown rock out while “2 Tonne Fuckboot” is much more straight up rocking with a delightfully sleazy vibe.

However all momentum is then brought to a juddering halt be the overlong and utterly tedious attempt at a psychedelic trip that is “Captain Merryweather”.

*Press Skip*

Thankfully this aberration is a one off as “Running Home” appropriately gets us back on track with a stoner rock RIFF reminiscent of Clutch and from here on in we are treated to a cavalcade of top quality rock’n’roll action, whether it be the high octane swagger of the afore mentioned “Happiness Begins” and “Fear It, Don’t Hear It” or the low, slow rumbling dance floor grooves of “Shake Your Head” and “Bulletproof” it is pulled off with character and aplomb.

 The final track “Late Night Morning” is much more successful attempt at a slow burning trip and rounds everything off very nicely.

Don’t believe the hype! The truth is far superior it turns out.