BAD TOUCH

Thanks to Rockfiend for welcoming me to the Team and inviting me to review this album from rising stars of British rock, Bad Touch. Writing honestly, I came late to their debut album, ‘Half Way Home’, via their second album, ‘Truth Be Told’, and stand-out track ‘99%’ which hinted at the promise to follow. ‘Shake a Leg’, their third album, shows a band growing in confidence and maturity, and delivers an album which grows on you with each listen as the choruses implant themselves in your memory. For anyone who likes Skin and Little Caesar, this album has much to offer and also encapsulates the contradiction in terms offered by the tight looseness of the Black Crowes. Backed by a solid rhythm section of George Drewry on drums, Michael Bailey on bass and Daniel Seekings on rhythm guitar, Rob Glendinning weaves his lead guitar and Stevie Westwood on soulful vocals lifts this above the pack and establishes Bad Touch as a band to be watched. From the feel good opener of ‘Lift Your Head Up’, through ‘Too Many Times’ (which induced bad dancing on the part of this reviewer), the anthemic ‘Skyman’, the slower pace ‘I Belong’, to the whiskey-soaked, late night closing track, ‘Bury Me’, this offers something for all lovers of classic and Southern-tinged, bluesy rock. Catch them now on their 19 date UK headlining tour, with special guests Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics and Daxx & Roxane, before they progress to playing bigger venues. You will not be disappointed.

GMcA