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Recommended by us on 19th November 2009
...according to our Dave on Thu 19 Nov, 2009.
TODD come flying out of the speakers like an athlete with a massive steroids supply... and they dont let up. EVER. There are 13 songs on 'Big Ripper' and they are the nastiest recordings Ive heard for ages. It sounds like a live recording commited to tape.... in HELL!! It really pummels the senses. There are a few moments when the storm settles and an almost uplifting chord progression will hover into view ,but enjoy this respite while you can. AS IT MAY BE YOUR LAST! This album really made me want to go out and kick puppies faces off and lick the heads of OAPs... in a good way. Ive had these sentiments about music before, usually they are not as positive and are associated to Pete Doherty or countless other urchin rock fucks. Anyway this is a great album and you should buy it...* TODD are back! Two years after the release of ’Comes To Your House’ (Southern Records) and countless shows of hysteric noise and chaos worldwide they now deem the world to be ready for the next chapter. and their finest moment yet!
* A slight line-up change, enough songs written for a triple album (and then disgarded as not being good enough!), a new studio and a new label (Riot Season) have all led to the band now becoming a tighter deal altogether.
* After a kiss and a hug from Southern, TODD felt the time had come to go it alone. They retreated to their island studio and began to strip everything back yet always keeping in mind what playing music meant to them. Slowly the songs began to come. Bursts of noise played over and over again until they began to take shape. Recorded ’in the red’ in two days, mixed in a week then realised fully back at the mysterious TODDranch, "Big Ripper" was ready.
* Their balance of riffs, noise and magic is now even more astonishing while keeping the same intensity and beauty as they’ve always had. "Big Ripper" is an absolute killer on all levels. From the machine gun fire of ’Arista Disco’ to the wall shaking ’Happy Easter Florida’ via the super heavy ’The Rub’ and the drugged despair of ’French and in France’, TODD have mastered their art, blown it apart and started again.
* Tracklisting : 1. Track Side Fire 2. Happy Easter Florida 3. Black Gold 4. Between Them Two Roundabouts 5. Julie B 6. Country And Western Super Posters! 7. Best Laid Plans 8. Arista Disco 9. The (R)Wub 10. Walnut And Leather 11. French And In France 12. Hard Life 13. French And Out Of France
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