 'Thirst' is the debut album from Somerset based
Waves Of Fury. Having already made an excellent early impression with taster
single 'Businessman's Guide To Witchcraft', earning them a Guardian New Band
Of The Day & Q Track Of The Day in the process, this 10 track debut long
player sees Carter Sharp (vocals), Bim Williams (horns), Fil Ward
(guitars/vocals), James Macphee (drums) and Jamie Bird (pianos/vocals) take
up the rhythm & blues blueprint and filter it through a 40+ year
historical path that encompasses everything from Motown & Stax to The
Stooges, Sex Pistols, Spiritualized & The Mary Chain. It's a sonic blast
of an album, and a welcome breath of fresh air.
Prior to the album being recorded at PJ Harvey's Bristol
studio, Waves Of Fury spent several weeks touring the southern states of
America. That experience very much shapes the record as Carter Sharp
explains: "We are based in Somerset, and having travelled a bit in
Southern US, I think it's our closest equivalent to some of those places.
There's a similar sense of darkness, reservation, secretiveness, closed communities.
The songs are about types of behaviour and relationships that happen
everywhere, but which maybe seem a bit more dangerous away from bright,
noisy, crowded cities. I was interested in the idea that maybe it's easier to
get away with things in dark, quiet and isolated corners".
Lyrically, the album is inspired by the great gothic
writers like Poe and Saul Bellow fused with Carter Sharp's own biting
observations of everyday life, particularly obsessions. One of the best
examples of this is 'Viodrene (I Don't Get A Hard-On Over No-One)', a savage
and humorous indictment of celebrity culture and movie star narcissm.
The album is also very much about technology says Carter:
"For example, a few years ago, I think if a broke indie band wanted to
have real horns on a record, it would have been really hard. They'd have
needed a rich label funding it. Now with things like Protools and good
studios being affordable and session players easy to find, we were able to
make the record we wanted on a tiny budget. Which hopefully people will
enjoy."
Ladies and Gentlemen, these are the Waves Of Fury:
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"Sounds like a forgotten gem from the Ace Records
catalogue, but it's brand new." - Artrocker
"An unholy alliance of scowling, snarling vocals, sleazy guitar licks,
Motown horns, and high octane percussion." - The Mad Mackerel
"They have found a way to reconcile their twin passions: Stooges and
Stax, garage and soul, rock'n'roll's trash aesthetic and the exuberance and
jubilation of old-style R&B." - The Guardian
"Never before would I have thought that The Sex Pistols should have
collaborated with Marvin Gaye!" - Altsounds
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