I can't exactly remember how I came across The Aggrolites, it was probably a 'if you like that then you might like this' suggestion by Amazon or something. Anyway I got hold of this record in the end. And I find it a confusing record. There are sme very definite awesome songs on here - Countrman Fiddle, Mr.Misery, Someday, Time To Get Tough, A.G.G.R.O - but to find them you he to trawl trough a lot of similar sounding instrumental tracks and filler songs that add very little to the overall album. The instrumentals that litter the album do serve the purpose of showing just how tight The Aggrolites are as a band, and it is awesome how they have nailed that old-school -chicka-chic-chicka-chic sound, but the balence between filler and good material is very thin - except that the good material is very, very good. Needless to say, i find this quite difficult to listen to in one sitting, as it seems to go on for ages in the same vein. Cut down to 12 or 13 tracks this would be an essential record, but as it is the album gets boring quite quickly.
Joe
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