Come At The King - Take To The Streets

London trio Come At The King returned on the 13th November with their latest EP ‘Take To The Streets’.

Here is our track by track review:

Back Around

This aggression shouldn’t have this fluidity, should it? It’s rapidly becoming their archetypal sound. When venues re-open, small gig venues are going to have their faces blown apart from the ferociousness of the sound.

Uniform

This scathing attack is, lyrically, a huge step forwards for the band. Recognisable reference points are flooding the senses like never before. It feels though, like a work in progress still. The lyrics don’t quite match the power of the sonic but, boy, when they do, its going to be a joyous riot!

In My Place

The howl and stomp of Oasis in the pomp collides with yet more progress for the band. This time, their love affair with the Britpop era has started to permeate their work.

As the dank looping ‘Columbia; guitars loop, the guitar parts offer a melodic chink of light like the majesty of Liam “Skin” Tyson’s work with Cast. They hit the release valve at the perfect moment and make you desperate for it to repeat!

Overgrown

This is Come At The King coming of age. The suffering of no-one at gigs is nothing compared to no gigs at all. For the first time, they have used their menacing sound to unite and the results are breath taking.

Wonderful dialectics are at play. Light and dark, slow and fast, hard and soft, they’ve found their golden formula

This is their moment. This emotive wave will scoop you up off the canvas and place you back where it all begun. No matter the failures and hurt getting older brings, Come At The King have shrugged them off to deliver their ‘Live Forever’ and ‘Hey Hey, My My’ moment.

As front man they decree “these streets are ours and they will be forever and always”, lives will flash before eyes. They’ve used this feeling as a dirty rock n roll outpouring of love and everyone should thank them for it.  

Come At The King - Crazy Ugly Beautiful

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.

Come At The King – Where’s That Smile, Boy?

With every release, Come At The King grow that much more menacing. Their latest offing, ‘Where’s That Smile, Boy?’ is no different.

The London trio have combined the energy of their debut ‘Minesweeper’ and the grooves of ‘Shudder’ to hit a gloriously filthy note! Early Black Keys and BRMC circa ‘Spectre of the Feast’ guitars combine with dank and dangerous basslines.

Lyrically, this is the most mature of their work to date. Garage rock isn’t often associated with quintessentially British characters. Here though, they’ve connected their dangerous sonic to a the machinations of small town men with big time delusions of grandeur. To quote the legendary Members “this is the sound of the suburbs”.

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Come at the King – Shudder

London’s Come at the King returned on the 29th March with their new track ‘Shudder’.

This is the kind of record latter day Oasis attempted on their last record with ‘Bag It Up’ and ‘Waiting For The Rapture’. Sadly, Noel could never quite land the kind of slow menacing psyche track synonymous with their friends BRMC.

Come at the King have hit upon the desolation of BRMC and the dirty riffs of early Black Keys on this slow building number. It’s an impressive effort for a fledgling band but, arguably, just one crushing solo away from glory.

Catch them live at Modern Age’s London date on 12th April at 229.

Come At The King - Minesweep

London three piece Come At The King enter the affray like Tabasco heavy Bloody Mary. If anyone has any Christmas cobwebs left, their new single ‘Minesweep’ will blow them away.

It’s a furious combination of dirty BRMC riffs and the devilish blues of the 22/20s. When they hit the release valve on the solo, the fluidity of Black Keys and effortlessness of early Oasis comes to the fore.  

Come At The King have arrived in style!