The Films - Don’t Dance Rattlesnake

7HZ recordings

Okay, so they’re lumbered with a dull-ass nom de rock, but forget that. South Carolina’s The Films sound like a party in full swing - the kind of party where half-naked, flirtatious sorts cavort around while the drinks and drugs are flowing freely.

‘Don’t Dance Rattlesnake’ oozes with a classic, cocky swagger matched only by its boundless vigour. Hell, sometimes it just oozes. ‘Belt Loops’ pours from the stereo all spring-loaded, twitchy bass and tumbling, excitable lyrical intrigue that ploughs a path for the pumping sing-along anthem, ‘Being Bored’. Ultimately though, all good parties must end as the hangover of closing strummer, ‘Bodybag’ calls for a taxi and clears the final stragglers to get the unenviable clean up underway.

At just over a half hour The Films’ x-rated debut is a short, sharp, shitfaced shock of salacious licks and hedonistic tales, as likely to pull on your zipper as it is your heartstrings.

Words_David McLaughlin

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DOWNLOAD: ‘Being Bored’, ‘Belt Loops’
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