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Strypes

Little Victories

British European You know what The Strypes are all about Sure you do Four Irish teenagers who've been playing garage blues since roughly the time they learnt to walk Thrashing out R'n'B rave ups like a group of mates who'd bunked double Geography to play a quick covers set down the Bag O'Nails club circa 1965 All mini mohair suits wailing harmonica and punky freakbeatnbsp Except of course that's Not what The Strypes are all about Not by a long shot and with their new album 'Little Victories' you've got 12 compelling reasons that prove why Some of the things you may have heard about The Strypes are true though Yes the band started playing together before they were even teenagers relentlessly gigging around Ireland Yes they arrived like a tin can full of firecrackers on the UK music scene in 2012 blowing any other act you can name off the stage with their frenzied reimagining of razorsharp Feelgoods rock and snarling Rhythm and Blues Yes their debut album 'Snapshot' deserves to be filed next to other opening gambits by the likes of The Stones The Yardbirds Dr Feelgood and The Jam Guilty as charged But then surely the best thing about being 18yearsold with the special spring in your step that only being in the best new band in the British Isles can bring is the sense of adventure that comes with it The world as they say is your oyster OK done that What's nextnbsp What came next is a record that takes the raw power of Snapshot and uses it to fuel a ferocious 21st century rock and roll hybrid which has been as much informed by present day artists such as the Arctic Monkeys as it is by previous influences like Bo Diddly and Nick Lowe From 'Get Into It's' dirty bass groove and the absinthestained psychedelic waltz of 'I Wanna Be Your Everyday' to the joyous New Wave rush of closer 'Scumbag City Blues' it's a record that swerves through multiple twists and turns with a scope almost unthinkable two years previously Lift up the bonnet of 'Little Victories' and you'll find rolling almost heavy metal like twin riffing 'I Need To Be Your Only' careering punk pop 'Best Man' Kinksesque observations 'Cruel Brunette' and deliciously sleazy swamp rock 'Status Update' all whirring thrillingly away We've grown up musically says lead guitarist Josh McClorey It's just a progression It's like comparing what we were listening to when we were 12 and 13 to what we're listening to now It's obviously going to be different It's different for sure but it also gets right to the heart of what makes these four people such a great band Get ready to meet the real StrypesCD 12 TracksCD 16 Tracks The Mintpack Deluxe album comes with a 12 page full colour booklet and 4 extra tracksLP 12 Tracks housed in a Gatefold Sleeve

Tracklist

• 1. Get Into It
  2. I Need To Be Your Only
  3. A Good Night's Sleep And A Cab Fare Home
  4. Eighty - Four
  5. Queen Of The Half Crown
  6. (I Wanna Be Your) Everyday
  7. Best Man
  8. Three Streets And A Village Green
  9. Now She's Gone
  10. Cruel Brunette
  11. Status Update
  12. Scumbag City

  Bonus Deluxe Tracks:
  13. Fill The Spaces In
  14. Lovers Leave
  15. Rejection
  16. G. O. V.