The Jackets
Queen of the Pill
Voodoo Rhythm Records
Swiss garage punk trio, The Jackets, express themselves
with a hypnotic energy and charisma for their second release for Voodoo Rhythm,
due out in June 2019. Drawing their inspiration from New Wave, their raw
3-minute songs pack a punch of vitality sadly missing for far too long in
popular music.
The album opens with a blistering quartet of tracks that
includes Dreamer, the single which was released in mid April. It has the drive of punk and an air of
psychedelia. They have a confident stage
presence especially in the vocals of Jackie Brutsche and have caught the attention
of Alice Cooper on his USA radio show "because they just go out there and
rock". Unusually for the genre, it's
not nihilistic nonsense but rather an honest creativity with retro experimentation.
The Jackets give rock a good name again. The music and songs combine as spectacularly
as the best of British or American New Wave bands. Even the slower numbers Steam Queen and
Floating Alice display a determination to be different. Queen
of the Pill is a rejuvenating tonic and should be their breakthrough album.
Hearty thanks to Shattered Platter for sharing the music.
NE
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