{"id":12517,"date":"2017-04-10T05:45:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T09:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=12517"},"modified":"2017-03-22T12:36:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:36:16","slug":"album-mini-review-the-godfathers-a-big-bad-beautiful-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/10\/album-mini-review-the-godfathers-a-big-bad-beautiful-noise\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Mini-review: The Godfathers — A Big Bad Beautiful Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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File next to: The Stranglers, Midnight Oil, Mekons<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the slashing opening chord \u2013 followed in quick succession by a thunderous and insistent bass line \u2013 it’s clear that The Godfathers have come to rock. Deftly combining a workmanlike meat ‘n’ potatoes approach to their instruments with a punky, edge-of-chaos mindset, The Godfathers go for the jugular as they create A Big Bad Beautiful Noise<\/i>. Just when you think all of the primordial guitar riffs have been used up, this British lot proves that \u2013 new or not \u2013 there’s plenty of life left in stripped-down r&b-influenced rock made with conviction. True, this isn’t your father’s Godfathers, so to speak: only vocalist Peter Coyne<\/strong> remains from the group’s ’80s lineup. But the group’s timeless, enduring spirit remains intact, thanks to melodic tunes like \u201cYou Don’t Love Me.\u201d With A Big Bad Beautiful Noise<\/i>, this venerable London quintet engages in some serious truth in labeling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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