"Well we've got sunshine, guns, and righteous handlebars. Farmed hospitality with a heavy side of Dodge. We've got a swagger, '50 Chevy on the street, well-endowed women as far as the eye can see. Southern Identity. We're not ashamed of this identity, that's bred in you and me. Our identity."

THE BROADSIDERS - "PRESSED TO KILL" ("Longshot Music"/"Contra Records"; 10"):

And again, I know, this review was announced for quite a while already now and shame on me that I just manged to put it up that late online, but how-ever, the only thing that matters is that it is now finally online and up and ready to read. And yes, it's the newest or latest record of one of my absoulte if not my solely absolute favorite band, the mighty THE BROADSIDERS from Dallas, Texas/U.S.A., and yes, they are back!!! After releasing the "TAKE BACK THE STREETS" record (D.I.Y. CD and LP on "Dim Records"), the "AGAINST THE WORLD" record (D.I.Y. CD) and the Split 7" with AIRES & GRACES on "Longshot Music" and in cooperation with "Contra Records" (reviews of the last two mentioned records you can also find here on my blog, and their first release I reviewed some time ago in the blog section of my MySpace site, but that was back in the days where I used to do the reviews only/solely in german) they are back with their new 10" release titled "PRESSED TO KILL" released on "Longshot Music" and again in cooperation with "Contra Records" from Germany. I've also done an interview once with them, you can read it here on this blog and it was the second interview you was able to read up here (and make sure that you've read it), hm, and listening to this masterpiece I'm currently thinking about of maybe doing in the near future a second one with them. And yes, like the directly before reviewed record of the 45 ADAPTERS also this one here is one that will be on the top of my list of the best releases of 2010, if it's even not THE top itself!!! Yes, this is a damn great and fantastic record. THE BROADSIDERS seem to be often compared with THE TEMPLARS... but that's nothing but bullshit and maybe just becaue of the fact that THE BROADSIDERS do really play a sound and style of their very own. It's outshining American Oi! music, Skinhead and Bootboy Rock & Roll from the States, but all played damn unique and stand-alone. They blend American Oi! with huge and heavy loads of Southern Rock, melt it all together with a good, hot and lethal dose of Country and Blues Rock, as well as some clever rationed Rock & Roll notes and thank the gods (or whom or what else ever) it's all done in a pure beauty clichè free way, that's how I love it!!! Take the hardness and the unbroken gladitaorial fighting spirit of the very best American Oi! you can get, enrich it with the emotiveness and the honest hard working attitude of Southern Rock, give some intense feelings of the Country world to it, mix it up with some "Fuck it all!" attitude of the good old Blues genre, and cultivate it all with a strong fist in the air Rock & Roll mentality, yeahr, then you are damn close to what THE BROADSIDERS are doing, and how they are doing it, more than just really, really well-versed, now matter if you take the abilities of writing songs or playing their instruments, fantastic and more than 'just only' a great job!!! Brilliant guitar work, truly, brilliant guitar work with a huge load of grapping guitar riffing wth many variants, breath-taking guitar leads and an outstanding guitar solo work, song for song, that's just fantastic. Then there's a great rhythm section at work that's giving each single song it's special spirit, changing the pace and the rhythm structure of the songs very smart and clever, quick and very, very well-floating, no breaks or anything else like this in it. Thumbs up!!! Then we do also get some pretty cool crew shouts to back the lead vocals up, and yes, then there are still the lead vocals, and they're this time even more better than before: Hard and smart, full and smoky, power- and forceful, and characteristic and pure elite like nothing else, damn it, that's what I'm talking about, just great and more than this, yeahr, the purest platinum, damn it, and nothing else!!! Each and every single song owns it's own and special character and spirit, and that's just awesome!!! Fantastic job!!! If not more than this!!! We do get seven songs at all, and every song is a pure beauty pearl that wants to be discovered by you. Hm, it's hard, but if you ask me to name my personal favorites I think I would name you the fantastic "MODERN TIMES" (just listen to the breath-taking intro guitar lead, I demand more of this in the future), "1836" (taking pride in your heritage will never be a crime), "CASTLE LAW" and "REACTION". But also the other songs are everything but weaker than the named ones. Just listen to the totally over the top "SOUTHERN IDENTITY", then you'll know what I mean. On top of it we do also get a first class artwork (it's just a pity that the lyrics aren't 'really' printed, but you get them while you listen to the songs, trust me, thanks to the brilliant vocals), as usual great lyrics that cover a pretty wide distance of different topics (like I've said, the lyrics aren't printed, but you really get them while you listen to the songs), and the vinyl comes in an outshining look in white and brown into each other floating vinyl with some blue-and-grey marks in it, it looks awesome, and yes, it's again just great that THE BROADSIDERS take care that all their songs are coming in a fantastic dirty and earthy, yet transparent and hard, as well as full and warm production sound. The vinyl comes also with a official download code so that you can get the record as an MP3 record also with a bonus song (a re-done version of their classic "MID CITY MARTYRS", and yeahr, it's a great piece of music, but it's a pity that it's not also to find here on the vinyl version). So you see, "PRESSED TO KILL" is really the complete package, and there's no need to say more about it, it must happen a lot if that record here wouldn't be my record of the year of 2010. Yes, I guess you know what's now coming: To buy this record is your damn duty!!! So fucking get it!!! Now!!! Yes, and also with this one you make better sure that you're fucking quick, 'cause I pretty much think that it's also a strictly limited gem, so again: Hurry up!!! Cheers & Oi! (10 of 10 points)
(http://www.myspace.com/thebroadsiders)