Royal Trux Pound for Pound

7 out of 10 - "...Camaro-rock....It's impossible to predict what these art-school dirtbags will sound like from one record to the next....[Their] randomness 'is' their schtick, their gift to faux-sleazy history, and they never fail to wake up their muse whenever it passes out."
"...An arsenal of catchy guitar, vocal and rhythmic lines designed to keep things lively...hearkening back to their pastiche/college early days....this is inspired kitsch of the highest order."
"...Their visionary rock'n'roll blueprint takes in everything from Ornette inspired harmolodics, Alice Cooper, Black Ark recording techniques and a genuinely twisted ear for hyperreal rock sound..."
"...Riding side-saddle through rambling blues riffs, the laid-back control...teeters on the brink of physical, psychological and musical collapse....quite listenable..."
3 stars out of 5 - "...It has moments of genius that most bands could only ever dream of, where the tunes manage to eclipse the attitude....A triumph of style over plodding content."
"...A pared-down, riff-driven music that sits somewhere between the American underground and early '70s Stones....Trux-world is a pretty firmly-defined place, where the amps are legally obliged to remain on..."
7 out of 10 - "...A testament to raw power. Rock'n'roll that is at once chaotic, seemingly random 'and yet' very carefully thought out....A suite of gritty, sometimes languid songs...showing off the couple's refusal to do the expected is intact..."