‘FIGHT & FLIGHT’
OR
DAINTY DITTIES FROM DOWN
UNDER
THREE AUSSIE BIRDS WHO REALLY CAN ROCK
Imagine the scene,
you’re fast asleep with the prospects of the hangover from hell and some a-hole
wakes you up with a couple of jack hammers. You can feel your brain pressing
against the insides of your skull, your red, bloodshot eyes strain in their
sockets whilst your eardrums commence to explode and the bird you pulled has
crapped in the middle of the bed. Right now its time to turn this delightful
scenario into music so enter stage left Tequila Mockingbyrd aka T-Byrd or three
hardened Australian rock chicks with the subtlety of a two dollar whore on a
bad night.
Describing
themselves as Melbournians, Estelle Artois pounds out the lead vocals with
raucous inflections that verge on hatred whilst playing a mean lead six-string.
Bass is taken care of by Jess Reily with Josie O’Toole on drums. Describing
their music as high-velocity melodic punk with a healthy dose of primitive
rock, their first album ‘Fight and Flight’ is best described as a collection of
all of the above with a bollock kicking dose of go get f*@ked attitude.
Even Halestorm’s
Lzzy Hale has described them as Incredible; those girls are so talented…what a
voice, I love it”, not bad given Hale’s kick ass vocals. Why you might ask? Or
maybe not but I’m still going to tell you. Ms Artois, (shame she chose to name
herself after piss thin Belgium lager especially since there’s far better brews
out there to choose from), has a vocal depths and a gravelly delivery plenty of
guys would be delighted to have. As soon as Estelle’s mouth opens, there’s no
mistaking her delicate tones, strident strains you can’t possibly mistake.
Having already
performed over two hundred shows since they first formed back in 2012, the new
album features thirteen songs the debut single ‘I Smell Rock ‘n’ Roll’ is
described as ‘exactly like the Lynx fragrance ‘Rockstar’ would smell like if
you could hear it’. Worrying I know, but providing you can get the images of
crap, koala bear’s arse aftershave out of your mind, the track embodies
everything the T-Byrds stand for.
‘Never Go Home’ is
a disco-punk tribute to the days when the girls were gently escorted out of one
of Melbourne
Already benefiting
from plenty of air time on a variety of radio stations along with a whole host
of social media videos, apart from track 9 ‘Somebody Put Something In My
Drink’, all the remaining tracks are all the girls’ hard work. Bags of talent,
a staggering voice and enormous amounts of presence, whilst they might not be
the sort of girls you take home to meet your mother unless she happens to be
smacked off her tits, Tequila Mockingbyrd are three rockers that demand you
take notice of them.
To find out more,
get yourself a copy of one hell of an album and take a look at one of the best
rock bands to hit the scene, visit www.tequilamockingbyrdband.com
where you can listen to the band’s debut single, download various tracks and
sort out your CD. What with Neighbours, Home & Away, Kylie and Jason, Australia
has dumped some right shite on the rest of the world. Thank f*&k Tequila
Mockingbyrd are reversing the trend. Believe me, you’ll hear more and more of
these girls and if you don’t pay sufficient attention Estelle is more than
likely to call round and rip your balls off! As I said, they’re a dainty bunch.
Rock on cobber!
Better still,
Tequila Mockingbyrd are due to announce their first UK
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