Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's new album Beat The Devil's Tattoo is a good mix of their past styles. They have gone through ups and downs trying to define their sound, with the first two albums B.R.M.C. and Take Me On, On Your Own good examples of darker neo-psychedelic garage rock and shoegaze with some sprinklings of retro punk. Howl drifted into americana and folk/acoustic-tinged blues. Baby 81 was a loud mix of bluesy hits and drone-y ballads. and The Effects of 333 was just plain weird (and I like weird...so that's weird). Their 2010 release is reminiscent of their first two albums (not afraid to douse you with ethereal, chunky, and loud walls of sound) but ties in the intense blues feel they played around with later on. Influences from The Jesus and Mary Chain and also Spacemen 3/Spiritualized can definitely be heard on many of the tracks, especially the longer ones. There are Howl-like footstompers, lots of tambourine, dark reverb-drenched waves of electrocuted guitar licks, and just a good mix of loud and soft. Good music for driving...good neo-psychedelia. Couple of tracks (each a different style that they play well) and video (one of their first hits) below. "War Machine" has a very thick and entrancing heavy sound...turn that one up loud. There are a lot of naysayers of this band. I don't see any nay to say about them; they consistently deliver fresh product, are awesome live, and are from San Francisco, a beautiful place.
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