Superdownhome - Blues Pyromaniacs

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2022
Time: 52:21 
Size: 120,1 MB 
Label: DixieFrog
Styles: Rock/Blues Rock
Art: Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Utter Daze - 4:00
 2. Motorway Son (Feat. Mike Zito) - 3:30
 3. Like A Rag In The Sea  (Feat. Bombino) - 5:06
 4. Ain't No Real Love - 3:51
 5. Ambition Craze - 4:08
 6. New York City - 3:32
 7. Living Disgrace - 4:39
 8. Nobody's Twist - 2:32
 9. A Wandering Wino - 4:06
10. My Girl C'est Bon - 2:14
11. Disaster Noon - 3:13
12. Vacuity Blues - 4:49
13. I'm Broke  (Feat. Mike Zito) - 3:13
14. Don't Bring Me Down - 3:20

Musicians:
Henry Sauda - Voice, Resonator Cigar Box, Diddley Bow, Tape Reel Guitar, Lap Diddley, Dobro, acoustic & electric guitars;
Beppe Facchetti - drums & percussions;
Anders Osborne - backing vocals, acoustic guitars on Motorway Son, Nobody’s Twist, electric guitars on Utter Daze, Ain’t No Real Love, Ambition Craze, New York City, Nobody’s Twist and A Wandering Wino, bass on New York City;
Mike Zito - Guitar on I’m Broke, Vocals on Motorway Son
Bombino - Guitar on Like a Rag in The Sea;
Andy J. Forest - Harmonica on Ain’t No Real Love and A Wandering Wino;
The Wuthering Brass Section - Trumpet, Saxophone & Trombone on Motorway Son;
Ronnie Amighetti & Giancarlo Trenti - Backing Vocals here and there;
Giorgio Peggiani - Harmonica on Disaster Noon;
Max Maccarinelli - Harmonica on Don’t Bring Me Down;
Carlo Poddighe - Organ on Disaster Noon.

The Italian blues brothers are back after the compilation "No Balls, No Blues Chips" which allowed us to discover their universe made of garage blues and mastered second degree. Faithful to their minimalist bias, Superdownhome reminds us with "Blues Pyromaniacs" that blues is above all a state of mind and that it has much more to do with the intention with which it is played than with any technical mastery. It is this mixture of strong character and feigned nonchalance that makes the strength of the transalpine duo, whose energy often turns out to be more rock (or even punk) than blues when listening to this new album. Even if Superdownhome's music relies on a fat blues sound a la ZZ Top ('Utter Daze'), it can't deny its filiation with Dr Feelgood's pub rock ('My Girl C'est Bon'), the rock and roll of the sixties and the rhythm and blues. This is the case with tracks like 'Nobody's Twist' and the cover of John Lennon's 'New York City', and it is also the case with the excellent 'Motorway Son', which reminds the good old days of Roy Orbison and the Traveling Wilburys. But beyond the Italians' penchant for a burnt and efficient blues rock, the real identity of Superdownhome lies in a raspy sound and in the almost systematic use of the fuzz pedal, borrowed from garage rock, which dresses the tracks with its characteristic buzzing saturation and makes them almost irresistible. It is thus very difficult not to tap your foot when listening to 'Ain't No Real Love' and 'Ambition Craze', nor to let yourself be carried away by the excellent cover of 'Don't Bring Me Down' by Electric Light Orchestra.
Even if Superdownhome doesn't invent anything, the music of the Italians is sufficiently groovy and sensual to carry the adhesion. Halfway between blues and rock, "Blues Pyromaniacs" is an efficient album, perfectly mastered and especially warm and comforting. It's hard to ask for more in this more than secular musical style.

Blues Pyromaniacs