Liverpool five-piece This Is War continued their run of a single a month in September with ‘Pyramids’. It follows their fine ode to Bob Dylan, 'Exile Poet’.
Even in the band’s quieter moments this year, there has been an immediacy to their music. However, this is the most direct yet and it results in their finest guitar work to date! Frontman Paul Carden snarls “here we are. Here go” like a statement of intent. Less so as courteous information, but more as a condemnation of everything you know. They were coming and they will destroy!
Mike Mullard and Johnny Roberts guitars tap into early BRMC, 00s cult heroes Dogs and Carden’s former outfit Black Velvets on this dirge-laden classic. Leather-clad filthy licks from the gutter bellow out before the garage solo melts cynicism with its fury.
It’s been one hell of a year for the band, and this has been its peak to date. Check back next week to see if their new single ‘I Don’t Get It’.
*Artwork courtesy of Donnie Grant