Chrome Hoof - Pre-emptive False Rapture

Southern

You would think every possible apex of sound had been covered by now, but apparently not. For London mentalists Chrome Hoof are here to provide the missing link between stoner metal and funk. Complete with shiny capes, a brass section and an enormous ram character. It all started when (doom metallers) Cathedral’s bassist Leo Smee and drumming brother Milo wondered how they might indulge their love for 70s funk and disco. From jamming as a two piece they picked up enough waifs and strays to arrive at the current luxuriant 10-piece band (plus dancers). Following the patronage of Klaxons (who the band supported three times in May) and Andrew Weatherall, this album builds on a debut in 2003 and is, quite frankly, bonkers. Most tracks lock into a superglue-tight groove replete with meaty bassline, brass stabs and sexy female vocals before diving headlong into a brain-distorting time signature and inducing the curious spectacle of simultaneous headbanging and flailing attempts to dance. This lot could actually make readers of Terrorizer and NME see past superficial tribal differences and have lots of fun together. On the other hand, the extreme silliness of the band name, costumes and basic premise will invite ridicule. Let it, this is daaamn good fun.

Words_Chris Jones

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