Blog Post
Lixx - 'Steal the Deal'
Iain McArthur • 28 June 2022
Album Review
This excellent album starts with a blast of Michael Monroe-style mouth-organ action on opening track ‘Once (is Enough)’ so, between that and their quintessentially sleaze band name, you know you’re in for a glam-tastic ride. But that’s not the full story. If you were to chuck Hanoi Rocks, The Ramones, The Quireboys, Nick Cave and a bottle of tequila into a blender then you might get a flavour of where these Scottish rockers are at.
There are eleven new blasts of boot-stomping, punky rock n’ roll from the gutters of Dundee on here, all delivered with authenticity, authority and a bit of gritty panache. Pick your own highlights but I particularly enjoyed the beer-stained night-time poetry of ‘A Million Lies’, ‘Mockingbird Rain’ and the catchy like monkey-pox ‘Take a Step Back’.
There are two wild card tunes, firstly, the jingly-jangly, nearly Byrdsian ‘How High is the Sky’ and finally, a stripped back version of the band’s own classic ‘Chills’. The latter is from the equally good 2021 album ‘V8’ – they’ve been prolific in recent years, also beating Def Leppard to the album title ‘Diamond Star Halo’ in 2020.
The album is already out. There were signed copies available on Bandcamp but they’re all gone. No worries though – unsigned copies are still available and they’re playing at Fiendfest in November so I’m sure the chaps will be happy to sign your copy there and, as they’re an incendiary live act, you’ll get to see a killer set too.