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THE
LIVING WRECKS
"Cheap
Heat"
Review (CD)
By
Tyler Vile
Photo: Elden
The Living
Wrecks’ debut full-length album is a beer soaked, debauchery filled
symphony of
cacophony. The album sounds as if it
were an original soundtrack to a Charles Bukowski novel. Shout along
choruses
and impeccable guitars are the high point of nearly every song. D
GENERATION and THE DEAD
BOYS’ influence can be heard prevalently in "Cheap Heat."
The band rerecorded two
songs from an EP they released in the winter of 2006/2007; neither
version is
really superior to the other. "Cheap Heat" ends on the
uncharacteristically
bluesy song, “Nothing to Lose.”
The album artwork was done by Living Wrecks
bassist and resident graphic design student, Alex Hagen, and the
photography by
CHEAPSHOTS drummer Abid a.k.a Rabid.
I’ve watched this band progress from their
first show where their original bassist played unplugged and they did a
PAGANS
cover to now where The Living Wrecks have a distinctive sound and
cohesion as a
band.
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