Regular John is an Australian outfit that named itself after a Queens Of The Stone Age song and on “The Peaceful Atom Is A Bomb” they show you exactly why that is. They whip you over the head with loud and sludgy guitars right from the start as opener “Transmitter” kicks into gear. “Abattoir Noir” on the other hand is slightly more melodic yet equally intense.
Throughout this album you can hear the band channeling Australia’s rock history in there while throwing a dirtier sound as well with some nasty and sludgy riffs. These guys manage to keep up the pace throughout most of the songs, only to slow down some in the middle. All of a sudden vocalist Caleb Goman sounds a little like that dude from Vaux which is definitely not a bad thing. It takes away from the momentum though. Luckily they pick up more speed again towards the end with songs like the short punk-blast that is “Hivey”.
All in all I’d say this is a very welcome introduction to Regular John, one that makes me hope that I’ll get to see these guys tear it up live someday. Should be sweet!
Score: 7.5 out of 10
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