Dirty Pubs & Bouncing Rooms

I first read about this band from Manchester last week on Rock Sellout. They are All the King's Men, and they are exactly what this Detroiter would want to hear when I step foot inside a Manchester pub.

They released the 3-song Peterloo EP in mid-2008 and the album, Dirty Pubs & Bouncing Rooms will be out on February 27th. Signed to the Swedish label, Changes, these four guys currently touring Sweden and the UK, describe themselves as so:
"We are united in song and we are the front line and the old guard. We feed on the musical genius of yesterday Manchester, England. Our bellies filled until there is room no more, our souls soaked in that same legend, that gang of four, the derby dogs, the boneyard bathed in the remnants of the night before. We will fight on for the future of British guitar music, never falling as we climb, no tears if we should fall. We are dirty pubs and bouncing rooms, the oldest friendships forged through the newest of loves. We believe in honesty, death and glory and the value of a pound. This blessed soil from white cliffs to lands end. This sterling camaraderie than can never be played by a player nor taken home by the highest bidder. We smoke and drink, we hold our heads high and our glasses higher, we are All the King's Men and we are here to be heard!"

This is not your garden variety Britpop sound. This is a modern tribute to the late 70's punk sound that put Manchester on the music map. They aren't getting nearly the attention deserved, but then again in this over-hyped world we're in, maybe that's not such a bad thing. Just let the music speak for itself.


Peterloo by All the King's Men from Peterloo EP [deleted mp3]




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