CCTV AllStars – Worth keeping an eye on
This Swedish-Czech-American-Brit-Mexican hybrid has combined talents, styles and sounds from all over the world to create the best album you are not listening to… yet.
When asked the question what they think they sound like, the first answer is ‘a car crash’ and if they’re not your new favourite band simply from that answer allow me to go into more detail. CCTV Allstars are the best ska band you haven’t heard of since Adequate Seven. They combine the funky beats with what they call Full Rhythm Music.
The band set up consists of Lead Singer, and acoustic guitarist Eddy Allen who produces singalongwithyourfriendswhiledrinkingbeers style lyrics and fuses them with political statements telling any government around the world, to go fuck themselves, in the most polite way possible. The bass and drums keep his wackiness in check while maintaining their own level of insanities respectively, and the melodies fly up, down and all over the place with the trumpet and trombone making these songs worth listening to.
The global impact comes through on the album as each languages Allen sings come in all shapes and sizes stirring up English, Czech, and Spanish without ever compromising the feel of the song, so much so, that you always feel you understand the lyrics. This is clear on Puto Babylon and the hidden final track on the album The way you’re loving me as every half a line the languages change.
The band isn’t just a giant mass of noise thrown together though, like all the best albums ever created it has tender, more down-paced moments. Just A Word has this with Busker’s Song that has the lead singer reminiscing of a short while before he met the other band members, busking on the streets by himself.
To see them perform the album live makes you want to bring the band around with you 24/7 for when you pull out your iPod generic mp3 player and put them on. The energy and excitement that they reproduce it with live cannot be contained on any recording. All members are dancing, chanting and singing along without ever fluffing notes.
To sum up, these guys rock, simple as. The hard rock roots, with a fun, fast-paced, ska-style sound fused with Latin beats and controversial lyrics make them one of the bands to keep an eye out for in the near future. Due to their international relations they often play shows around various continents. They’ll be returning to Britain in September for the Stroud Fringe Festival, which is always host to a number of other awesome bands and they still have slots up for grabs. So if you have a band that you think can wrench the gut out of Gloucestershire then sign up now @ http://www.stroudfringe.co.uk/default.asp
But for now, check out more information on the band here; http://www.myspace.com/cctvallstars
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