Fighting Trousers, by The Shazzams

Fighting Trousers

by The Shazzams

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1.	Bring Me My Fighting Trousers 02:09	buy track
2.	Consumption 05:16	buy track
3.	Nothin' To Say To Me 03:31	buy track
4.	El Dorado 03:04	buy track
5.	Roll On 03:46	buy track
6.	Freddie 03:12	buy track
7.	Balls To Ya 01:16	buy track
8.	Meet My Mom 04:21	buy track
9.	I'm So Drunk I Don't Know My Name 02:37	buy track
10.	Full Of Shit Waltz 04:33	buy track
11.	Mary Shelley 03:36	buy track
12.	When You're High 03:52	buy track

about

With a volatile formula that melds Franco-Anglo-American influences, The Shazzams have concocted a remedy for backbeat nostalgia on their debut album 'Fighting Trousers.'

American Justin Houser leads the group with songwriting, vocals, and guitar—not to mention a showman’s casual pizazz. Houser effortlessly pulls early blues, garage, country, and punk motifs from his sleeve in a dazzling sonic display. Lyrically, Houser subverts the familiar rock tropes of sex and drugs, booze and brawling by sneaking in a sideshow of pugilists, animals, and literary monsters. Unleashed from a background in mandolin and banjo finger picking, French guitarist Raphael Dumas seized upon a Fender Jaguar electric guitar. Dumas maintains a precision that anchors the sound even as it veers into psychedelica. Stephen Harrison, always the dashing and debonair Enlglishman, delivers a sturdy bassline, whether he’s thumping the standup bass or crunching on an electric. The fierce, French Elisabeth Keledjisan’s drumming is tight as an asylum bedsheet, but she sneaks in a few snazzy fills in a wink to her history playing jazz.

The end result of this dynamic collaboration is a ragged, vaudevillian universe that sounds with an unfettered yowl that defines this album and the group's sound.'

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released April 26, 2017

Justin Houser-vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Raphael Dumas-electric guitar
Stephen Harrison-double bass, electric bass
Elisabeth Keledijan-drums

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