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Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball

Review by Robert Cooke

Dead Confederate are good at ballsy, sinister, twisted rock‘n’roll, and this they deliver by the bowlful. Unfortunately they show their weakness when they step beyond this brief.»

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signed by former a&r man / capitol records boss gary gersh, who famously signed sonic youth and nirvana. the band have developed a strong reputation, touring with the likes of black lips and deerhunter, but it was their appearance supporting fellow athens band rem at sxsw 2008 that made dead confederate one of the most talked about new bands in the us.
the daily telegraph has already dubbed them as 'a hairy american radiohead' and, while there are certainly shades of early thom yorke and co, one can also hear nirvana, mudhoney, my morning jacket, lift to experience, early pink floyd, screaming trees, drive-by truckers and soul asylum lurking deep within their widescreen musical vistas - music that simultaneously stabs the heart and kisses your cheek.
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