Kissin' Dynamite - Money Sex Power
Produced by: Kissin' Dynamite
Label: AFM Records
Hannes Braun: vocals
Jim Müller: guitar
Ande Braun: guitar
Steffen Haile: bass
Andreas Schnitzer: drums
1. Money, Sex & Power
2. I Will Be King
3. Operation Supernova
4. Sex Is War
5. Club 27
6. Dinosaurs Are Still Alive
7. She's a Killer
8. Sleaze Deluxe0
9. Ego-Shooter
Aggressive swirling guitars fly around on the opening title track and it's a punchy start. Lyrically it isn't complex but musically delivers. This smells of the 80s with some modern day polishing.
And that is definitely necessary as this seems to be a genre that is growing once again. Fortunately this band of Germans manage to keep their heads above water amid the growing throng.
But self belief and showboating only goes so far. The songs themselves are generally well constructed and provide more than the derivative dirges many of their rivals seem content with. I have a feeling that his is a band that will come into its own live but nonetheless this is solid.
Whilst I do like the real ensemble approach I do feel that at times all the parts are fighting for centre stage and at times there is a risk of this slipping into over powering jumble.
There also doesn't seem to be a big number. There aren't any fillers either and this sits somewhere in the middle and strikes me as an album, presuming this band keeps going for many years, that won't feature much on set lists in shows a long way down the road.
I don't know if it is the musical sparring or that the vocal doesn't break too far from its comfort zone but as said the big hook laden number just isn't present. The production style that sees the riffs often subsumed by the rhythm section may be the culprit.
Fun and surprisingly heavy this is fresh for its genre.