The Dropper's Neck
Garry from SAN PR recently dropped me an email, letting me know about the new album, Second Coming, from UK quintet The Dropper’s Neck. Having already achieved comparisons to the likes of Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Pulled Apart By Horses and QOTSA, The Dropper’s Neck offer up enticing hooks and riffs, accompanied by dark chaotic energy and raw intensity – something which sounds pretty cool to me. Based on the way things were sounding, I figured it was time to hit play and check out Second Coming for myself to see how things are sounding!
Kicking into Second Coming things get underway in a raw and hard hitting manner, immediately kicking off with punk tinged guitars and roaring rhythms, the whole mix forming something which is sure to get you moving. Fast paced and powerful, this is a track which will get you moving, get you jumping and have you wanting more. Perhaps the most striking element of the track is the vocals, somehow adding in a real sense of darkness and foreboding to the mix whilst accentuating the sheer power pent up within the band – a solid start for sure. Moving on to Darker Waters the rawness continues, kicking into an almost disjointed melee of guitar work and roving basslines, once again building that sense of movement through the track and getting you shifting along. The bassline is the key to this one, adding in that sense of movement which is impossible to resist, the sort of sound that you feel rumbling through your rib cage rather than just hearing it playing – definitely a track to check out on the live scene.
Abrasive soon takes the lead, once again hitting home from the word go with their signature guitar and bass combination, cementing further the reputation of this band as one to check out on the live scene. Almost incorporating a sense of ‘psycho-billy’ style stuff into the mix that’s formed, once again the bass and guitar lead the way through the track whilst the powerful drums back everything up, leaving the raw and hard hitting vocals to do their thing – and do it well they do. This is one of my favourite tracks from the album, the sort of thing that satisfied the heavy urge within you whilst not overdoing it or going too far – simply a serious high point to check out. Avoiding any Green Jelly references, Three Little Pigs comes up next to take the lead, not offering up a unique take on a fairy tale but instead offering up another track packed with punky hooks, hammering guitar moment, haunting vocal lines and powerful rhythms designed to get you moving. ‘I’m sick of your face and your smug little grin’ seems to echo out of the speakers as it’s spat into the microphone, presenting us with a message that I’m sure we can all relate to someone we know of and continuing the progression of the album ever onwards.
Working through the raucous riffery of I Am The Law, the hard hitting and distorted Sir Sibilance and the more punk orientated Second Coming Part II, each track seems to come as a showcase of what the band can do, showing off their rock n roll roots combined with punk and psycho-billy, resulting in a unique and well put together sound that a lot of people are going to embrace. Further prowess is evidenced in the penultimate track My Lime Tree, initially sounding like something that Primus might have put together before launching into that familiar territory of hammering punk infused rock. I love the classic approach of this track, accentuating further their psycho-billy approach and showing how capable a band we’re dealing with – if they can pull off this sound on the live scene then this is a band who are primed to take the world by storm, quite simply their music will appeal to fans of all sorts of genres, setting them up very nicely indeed.
It’s only then left to Save Me From Myself to close the album, finishing on a track which sounds like it might be a softer and more laid back number initially, but soon offers up that sludgy and powerful mix once again. Slower and more powerful, the final moments here are like the crescendo of the album, finishing with a track that paves the way for them to follow on, but leaves the listener content that they’ve just been witness to something they’re going to remember for a hell of a long time to come.
The Dropper’s Neck have put together a record here which is fast paced, raw, in your face, and the sort of thing that is going to kill on the live scene. From start to finish we’re shown their ability, their drive and their commitment, resulting in an album which is real, honest, and solid from start to finish. Make sure you check these guys out.
To find out more about The Dropper’s Neck, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls
Kicking into Second Coming things get underway in a raw and hard hitting manner, immediately kicking off with punk tinged guitars and roaring rhythms, the whole mix forming something which is sure to get you moving. Fast paced and powerful, this is a track which will get you moving, get you jumping and have you wanting more. Perhaps the most striking element of the track is the vocals, somehow adding in a real sense of darkness and foreboding to the mix whilst accentuating the sheer power pent up within the band – a solid start for sure. Moving on to Darker Waters the rawness continues, kicking into an almost disjointed melee of guitar work and roving basslines, once again building that sense of movement through the track and getting you shifting along. The bassline is the key to this one, adding in that sense of movement which is impossible to resist, the sort of sound that you feel rumbling through your rib cage rather than just hearing it playing – definitely a track to check out on the live scene.
Abrasive soon takes the lead, once again hitting home from the word go with their signature guitar and bass combination, cementing further the reputation of this band as one to check out on the live scene. Almost incorporating a sense of ‘psycho-billy’ style stuff into the mix that’s formed, once again the bass and guitar lead the way through the track whilst the powerful drums back everything up, leaving the raw and hard hitting vocals to do their thing – and do it well they do. This is one of my favourite tracks from the album, the sort of thing that satisfied the heavy urge within you whilst not overdoing it or going too far – simply a serious high point to check out. Avoiding any Green Jelly references, Three Little Pigs comes up next to take the lead, not offering up a unique take on a fairy tale but instead offering up another track packed with punky hooks, hammering guitar moment, haunting vocal lines and powerful rhythms designed to get you moving. ‘I’m sick of your face and your smug little grin’ seems to echo out of the speakers as it’s spat into the microphone, presenting us with a message that I’m sure we can all relate to someone we know of and continuing the progression of the album ever onwards.
Working through the raucous riffery of I Am The Law, the hard hitting and distorted Sir Sibilance and the more punk orientated Second Coming Part II, each track seems to come as a showcase of what the band can do, showing off their rock n roll roots combined with punk and psycho-billy, resulting in a unique and well put together sound that a lot of people are going to embrace. Further prowess is evidenced in the penultimate track My Lime Tree, initially sounding like something that Primus might have put together before launching into that familiar territory of hammering punk infused rock. I love the classic approach of this track, accentuating further their psycho-billy approach and showing how capable a band we’re dealing with – if they can pull off this sound on the live scene then this is a band who are primed to take the world by storm, quite simply their music will appeal to fans of all sorts of genres, setting them up very nicely indeed.
It’s only then left to Save Me From Myself to close the album, finishing on a track which sounds like it might be a softer and more laid back number initially, but soon offers up that sludgy and powerful mix once again. Slower and more powerful, the final moments here are like the crescendo of the album, finishing with a track that paves the way for them to follow on, but leaves the listener content that they’ve just been witness to something they’re going to remember for a hell of a long time to come.
The Dropper’s Neck have put together a record here which is fast paced, raw, in your face, and the sort of thing that is going to kill on the live scene. From start to finish we’re shown their ability, their drive and their commitment, resulting in an album which is real, honest, and solid from start to finish. Make sure you check these guys out.
To find out more about The Dropper’s Neck, check out their Facebook page HERE.
Words: Dave Nicholls