Hell and Back is available now

Those Crosstown Rivals: Hell and Back

Welcome to another day of our new music bonanza here at Incognito HQ. I know you’re probably expecting Take ‘Er Easy Thursday, but I am working my way through a host of new albums. As I’ve mentioned before, one of the great things about doing this as long as I have is that now some bands are coming back around for a second feature. Last year, I featured a split 7″ of Arliss Nancy and Those Crosstown Rivals. Now Those Crosstown Rivals is back with a full-length album Hell and Back.

The album opens with the title track, and it’s a pretty good track to hook you. It starts with some groovy organ and a beat that will get your head moving. Then you hear the lyrics and you realize that – like a lot of great rock n roll songs – this is a song about the devil. Frankly, it’s hard to go wrong with a rock n roll song about the devil.

The next song “Ugly Side” opens with a riff that has the same loud and nasty quality you expect from Nashville Pussy. The drums in this song are amazing. It’s the kind of sound you would expect to hear from the drummer at an arena show.

I’ll be honest. I have to put this album on my ongoing list of albums that I’ll consider for my favorite albums of 2014. This is just a great rock record. This album will get you pumping your fist (just try listen to “Be a Man” without pumping your fist) and playing some wicked air guitar. Raucous guitars, driving rhythms, and volume levels that will make parents everywhere cringe: what more do you want? Hell and Back is available now on iTunes.

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