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Lixx-' Revolve' Gathering Storm Records
Reviewed by Kevin McCallum • 28 November 2024
So here’s an idea, pull together five years of your bands single releases from 2019 through to 2024, join them together in an album and release it as ‘Revolve’. That's exactly what Scots glam punk rock n rollers ‘Lixx' have joyfully done.
Formed back in the 80’s the band signed originally to Fast Forward Records and were prominent across the UK and International rock scenes.
Literally fast forward to 2018 and the band and their back catalogue was snapped up by Demon Doll Records (a US label) and the whole rock n roller coaster kicked off again, culminating in signing up with UK based Gathering Storm Records in 2020.
Featuring Steevo Athwal on Drums, Robin Paterson on Bass, Nazz Ebblewhite on Guitar and Joe Ogilvie on Vocals they’ve pulled together 11 great single releases that totally showcases what these guys are about.
‘In for the Kill’ opens up the album with that great guitar riff that is their signature. Heard this first time around on the ‘Diamond Star Halo’ album in 2020, was impressed then and still like it today.
Up next with again from ‘DSH’ is ‘Long Way’, reminiscent of Aussie rockers in the mid 70’s , boots you right in the solar plexus with power rock.
‘Zero Zero’ and ‘Chills’ keep that attitude going, both featured in the 2021 album ‘V8’, which I’d think is their best album to date.
The pacy ‘Feeling Fine’ is mosh pit territory, wouldn’t be out of place in the best rock venues on the UK circuit, love the Drum sound on this one.
2023 gave us the ’44 Below’ album and this is one of the tracks from it ‘Supercharger’. Harks back to an age of early Alice Cooper vibe, the Transam and muscle cars pounding down the midwest dusty roads, music cranked right up.
‘Private Eye’ gives you a tale of society angst against authority, great lyrics guys and power melody to run it through.
Power chords open up ‘21st Century Wreck’, fast paced, the lads give it to you full blast, in their own quality glampunk style.
‘Creeper’ has the best guitar work from Nazz backed up with some fairly raunchy vocals from Joe.
As we get near to the end, ’S.L.Y.’ gives you some innuendo in there, brilliant.
The final and slowest paced track on ‘Revolve’, ’Thing about You’ closes this album. There’s a thing about saving the best until last, this is a great song . Bluesy, raunchy, with that glampunk rock n roll thrown in for good measure.
If you need a 40 minute introduction to what ‘Lixx’ can do for you, then this album fits the bill perfectly.