Years ago I heard a song by Gallon Drunk by chance, "Things will change", a crazy blend of soul, raunchy rock and some...kind....of.....pseudo-gospel. Very nice, but I forgot about them. Now I've picked up one of their early albums, From the heart of town from the library. If you're not paying attention, you might mistake them for early Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, only there are a few jazzier elements here. Because singer James Johnston's voice and singing style is really redolent of Nick Cave's theatrical & exuberant croon. The other band I cannot help thinking of is Gun Club (which is a good thing). Gallon Drunk sounds like garage rock bands from the sixties or some (post-)punk from the early eighties, certainly not something released in 1993. Lots of fuzzy, rumbling guitar, cavernous sounds and sleazy brass sections. If you're lying pissed on a bar floor somewhere in the world, there might not be a better soundtrack.
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