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defrogIt’s hard to tell from all the way out here in Hong Kong, but it seems like the 22-20s are one of the best-kept secrets in the blues-rock revival. Or at least I don’t hear that much about them, and they seem to be under the music journalism radar in their home country of England.
The 22-20s were one of the victims of my “no DRM” policy in 2005 – I liked their debut album a lot, but at the time EMI and other labels were slapping DRM software on some CDs, and as far as I’m concerned, if it ships with DRM, it ships broken and is of no practical value to me.
The band broke up a year later. I’m hoping that’s a coincidence.
Anyway, the band reformed in 2008 (albeit with a slight line-up change), and their second LP, Shake/Shiver/Moan, is out now in select markets. And I can’t seem to stop listening to it.
They’ve certainly expanded the garage blues-rock template to the point that the album varies bravely across different influences – sort of the missing link between early U2, The Byrds, late-60s Kinks and Chocolate Watchband. Which means there’s little original about it, sure, but it’s still compelling.
At least for me. Try this single and listen for yrself.
Shake shiver and moan,
This is dF
The 22-20s were one of the victims of my “no DRM” policy in 2005 – I liked their debut album a lot, but at the time EMI and other labels were slapping DRM software on some CDs, and as far as I’m concerned, if it ships with DRM, it ships broken and is of no practical value to me.
The band broke up a year later. I’m hoping that’s a coincidence.
Anyway, the band reformed in 2008 (albeit with a slight line-up change), and their second LP, Shake/Shiver/Moan, is out now in select markets. And I can’t seem to stop listening to it.
They’ve certainly expanded the garage blues-rock template to the point that the album varies bravely across different influences – sort of the missing link between early U2, The Byrds, late-60s Kinks and Chocolate Watchband. Which means there’s little original about it, sure, but it’s still compelling.
At least for me. Try this single and listen for yrself.
Shake shiver and moan,
This is dF
