If The Legendary Stardust Cowboy had been raised in Detroit, he might have delivered this sizzling hot platter of all-guns-blazing garage cow-punk.
Having established a well-earned reputation as one of the hottest live acts on the Glasgow garage scene, The Reverse Cowgirls already have two full-length albums under their gun belts and show no signs of letting up on the mayhem on this 4 track EP.
The Captain Beefheart element to their sound is dialled down a notch on ‘Hot Dinners’, while the big switch labelled ‘MC5 Guitar Army’ is cranked way past 11. Lead guitarist Caff McCafferty continues to impress with his Greg Ginn-goes-garage-crazy axe assault, while Alaine Alison Walls remains the grooviest bass-stomper to emerge from the Clyde bayou. Thankfully, there are no line-up changes, with frenzied, hoodoo-voodoo drum tattoos supplied by John Gordon and Charlie Feathers’ long-lost Glaswegian brat Hugh Mclachlan leading the charge as the singing, strumming head cowgirl.
The two-fisted opener of ‘Hot Dinners’ and ‘Tombstone’ kicks out the jams with a full bore Brother Wayne Kramer/Fred Sonic Smith guitar offensive, while ‘This Means War’ blazes a trail through 60s garageland and atmospheric closer ‘What Every One Wants’ returns to the Cowgirls’ early Mudhoney influences.
Lux Interior would have adored this band. These hot dinners will stick to your ribs, so get your order in quick.