This is a darker, atmospheric track, powerful in both message and delivery, with a delicious gruffness to the vocals which makes my knees weak. ‘Save My Life’ is my personal four minutes of bliss on the album, a pulsating beat breathing life into the song, bluesy vocals so expressive. ‘Take You Home’ has a depth and soul in vocals and a fuzzy groove, with that staunch drum beat underneath as a foundation, a track which builds towards the chorus and buzzes round your brain for the rest of the day. Harmonies bolster that big vocal in tracks like ‘Caught In The Middle’, alongside the beautifully layered instrumentals creating a tide of sound flowing in the haunting and evocative ‘Broken Pieces’, where the vocals are simply stunning, heartfelt and intricate, the track driven by a pulsing beat. This is one of my stand-out tracks on this album, as it has a country-rock feel which I love to my cowgirl boots. ‘OK Hotel’ gives the first glimpse of just how far this album has come from the debut, how much the band have grown, an accomplished big, polished sound with lush velvety, sensual vocals. ![]() The vocals are sinfully soulful and deep, passion oozing from the lyrics. ![]() A contemporary blues sound comes to the fore in tracks like ‘Money’ and ‘ Fearless’ – a popular live track before now unrecorded. it’s uplifting and energizing and you just can’t sit still, dang it. Single release ‘Running With Wolves’ is a high energy and radio friendly pop-rock track with an irresistible beat and sing-along chorus. ![]() While I don’t like to pigeon-hole bands, I find it’s useful to create a context for anyone who hasn’t heard them and would agree that I can hear all these influences in the incredibly bluesy sound. They are a Birmingham-borne band with grand ideas and this latest release looks set to send their success off the charts and multinational, being compared to Rival Sons, The Killers and Kings of Leon. If you haven’t heard of Broken Witt Rebels yet, where the heck have you been? Formed in 2015 they released their debut album in 2017 and toured pretty much non-stop for what seemed like 2 years after this.
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