London three piece Come At The King, release their debut EP ‘Crazy Ugly Beautiful’. Recorded at London Road Studios, it is released on the 15th November with a headline show the following night at Sebright Arms (London).
The title track is a gloriously filthy piece of rock n roll. If BRMC came from North London, this is how they would sound. Beset with pollution and the intense pace of life, Come At The King have set a huge marker for all future singles.
The EP is littered with some great rock n roll sloganeering. When ‘Hanging On’ decrees ‘feels like I’m always hanging on’, it’s done with such desperation you can feel the fingernails clenching in the mud. Meanwhile, on ‘Crazy Ugly Beautiful’, the defiant, my generation inspired ‘I do this better than you used to’
Despite having no budget, no label funding studio time, they have found a glorious way to change up their guitar sound on this epic intro to ‘Hanging On’. Although sonically worlds apart, the rebellious and drunkard spirit of Peter Green permeates throughout. Whereas, ‘Frauds’, suffers on the EP for lacking the star power of the other three.
The rock ‘n’ roll cover spectacularly went out of fashion in this decade. However, Shambolics now play ‘The Chain’, Lacuna Bloome play ‘She Bangs The Drums’ and The K’s play ‘Dirty Old Town’, its back! Rightly so too, it allows bands to cement their message in the early days. In this instance, it showcases how inventive the London three piece are.