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Dirty Sweet
...Of Monarchs and Beggars
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Format: CD
Label: Seedling Records
Catolog: 0005
Genre: Rock/Pop
Released: 05/15/2007
UPC: 634457183025
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The Dirty Sweet have a sound that grabbed me right away upon first listen. It's something of a 70's rock-guitar-hook-chorus harmonies-nostalgia sort of thing, but without the icky part of the 70's production element that can turn a girl off. Know what I mean? No? Then give these guys a listen. I dig the whole groove of this album, crash cymbals included (check out "Baby Come Home"). It's driving old-fashioned rock music, with hooks that don't let go. "Delilah" sticks with you long after it stops playing. I could go on, but you gotta hear it for yourself.
-Paige
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Reviews:
Dirty Sweet: Ryan Koontz (vocals); Mark Murino (guitar); Nathan Beale (guitars); Shaun Cornell (bass instrument); Chris Mendez-Vanacare (drums).
Personnel: Nathan Beale (vocals, guitar); Shaun Cornell (vocals, keyboards); Luisa Corredor (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Michael Vail Blum.
Recording information: Blue Roof Studios.
Photographer: Rich Cook.
Those in the know will recognize the provenance of Dirty Sweet's name immediately; don't panic, the sound of ...Of Monarchs and Beggars makes it immediately clear that they named themselves after T. Rex's original "Bang a Gong (Get It On)," not the Power Station's tepid '80s remake. Dirty Sweet is not a glam pastiche -- check out the hair-and-stache combos and boogie-dude threads in the band photos for proof of that -- but their take on '70s cock rock has a more than a hint of Marc Bolan's rubbery fusion of sex and mysticism. And while there's more than a little play-acting on display on ...Of Monarchs and Beggars -- Stillwater, the band from Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, comes to mind on several tracks, especially the lighters-in-the-air epic "Long Line Down" -- the listener never gets the sense that the band thinks they're slumming. (Unlike, say, Jet.) ...Of Monarchs and Beggars is the work of a bunch of young musicians who appreciate the Allman Brothers Band and Led Zeppelin alongside Death Cab for Cutie, and it's a highly enjoyable listen for anyone with a tolerance for the long version of "Free Bird." ~ Stewart Mason
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