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Dirty Revolution - Its Gonna Get Dirty {DOGCD34}
Current mood: 
bouncy
Category: Music
Five characterful tracks to really tantalise, if they can keep this form going their full album release will be something really really special. This left me wanting more DR vibes!
In I Love Reggae and 50p they've come up with two standards that will find their way into the ska family's repertoire in double quick time.
I love reggae is a top tune and well good lyrics but 50p steals the show for the humour element that makes the overall sound of DR doubly endearing - its the three minute perfectly crafted left hook that smacks you in the mush and makes you go back and listen again to the five tracks until they get into your head, they've all got something.
Failure to communicate and Police are earnest songs with relevant messages that are rolled up in tunes plaintively delivered on melodica that are instantly memorable and stuck in my head for days.
Lead vocals are shared but on the occasions when Reb fronts up the band it takes on a different persona altogether, she is a seductive mix of femininity, sharp wit, forthright views and energy - powerful stuff.
Its a busy few minutes of confident, chunky, uptempo listening pleasure, DR mean business, I've heard loads of good things about their live set too, especially at Ska Splash.
Lets hope they gather momentum on the live circuit over the coming months and lead a charge of new ska talent to a bigger audience - I bet gigs in SKADIFF are rockin'!
Oh, its on Do the Dog, the supreme champion of new ska talent in the UK.
online zine http://www. distortedmagazine. com has just posted the following review of "It's Gonna Get Dirty":
It's Gonna Get Dirty
Dirty Revolution
(Do The Dog)
Social commentary through this sweetly female fronted Welsh band, with elements of roots, ska & reggae. This EP is a nice appetiser for undoubtedly good things to come, as their ironic lyrics & anti-establishment rhetoric takes front stage with a little gem of a release.