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Duke Of Prunes | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 08/13/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This, my friends, is one of the best bands ever created in France. One of the rare bands we French people can be proud of. Nothing less.

Shellac, Rapeman, Big Black or also Devo lovers will be fond of this album of crazy noise rock. Idolize and Chocolate Sperm tracks are opening the album : that's it, welcome to Sloy's World. I can't explain precisely with technical words (I'm French, hey) but if you like big sounds from whipping snare drums, noisy side of guitars and bass guitars directly inspired by the Stranglers, then this is for you. You'll appreciate the production by Steve Albini (yeah, the big one), giving this not-so-famous band a role in first parts of Shellac gigs and PJ Harvey's tours.

Believe me, even if it's not as excellent as their first album, it's very good anyway.

It's a shame that their unbelievable song taken from Devo, Jocko Homo, was not set on this album tracklist (but only on a rare promo single...). This would have been a killer album.



SLOY ROCKS."