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Turn Ons

The Hotrats

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On a busman’s holiday from Supergrass, Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey kick out the cover jams as the Hotrats. The very presence of Nigel Godrich, producer of Radiohead and Beck, is a pretty good tip-off that their 2010 album, Turn Ons, isn’t quite the straight-ahead romp as it may initially seem. Sometimes Turn Ons is as heady as its title, traveling down some trippy side roads -- appropriately so in a cover of the Doors’ “Crystal Ship” -- and sometimes turning songs inside out, envisioning “Up the Junction” as a psychedelic lament, and recasting two perennially snotty anthems of rebellion, “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)” and “EMI,” as clever acoustic-based rockers, but this ain’t an art project shepherded by Godrich, this is a noisy rock & roll party that’s over and out in just over a half-hour. Gaz’s guitars are cranked so they spit, Danny pounds out animalistic rhythms, even during the stately march of Pink Floyd’s “Bike,” and there’s fuzz bass splattered on every other song -- it’s focused madness, with Godrich layering in details, accenting the corners with unexpected colors. All this flair reveals itself slowly, but Turn Ons retains its explosive energy with repeat spins: “Pump It Up” never rocked harder, “Queen Bitch” zeroes in on Bowie’s gleeful snarl, “Lovecats” and “Love Is the Drug” dive into the gutter, while the Velvet Underground’s “I Cant’ Stand It” finds an actual groove. It’s a hell of a good time and it does what a great covers album should: the band never lets their deep, enduring love get in the way of inspiration or imagination.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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I Can't Stand It
00:02:39

Oakfield Avenue Music, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

2
Big Sky
00:03:00

Davray Music, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

3
The Crystal Ship
00:02:34

DOORS-MUSIC COMPANY, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

4
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right [To Party!]
00:03:15

Brooklyn Dust Music, MusicPublisher - american, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records

5
Damaged Goods
00:03:07

BUG MUSIC, MusicPublisher - Warner Chappell Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

6
Love Is the Drug
00:03:42

EG Music, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

7
Bike
00:02:42

Essex Music, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

8
Pump It Up
00:02:41

Universal, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

9
The Lovecats
00:03:03

Fiction Songs, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

10
Queen Bitch
00:03:02

Chrysalis, MusicPublisher - EMI Music, MusicPublisher - RZO Music, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

11
E.M.I
00:03:24

Universal, MusicPublisher - Warner Chappell, MusicPublisher - The Hotrats, MainArtist

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

12
Up the Junction
00:03:19

The Hotrats, MainArtist - Javeberry Music, MusicPublisher

(C) 2020 Demon Music Group Ltd. (P) 2010 G&D Records  

Album review

On a busman’s holiday from Supergrass, Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey kick out the cover jams as the Hotrats. The very presence of Nigel Godrich, producer of Radiohead and Beck, is a pretty good tip-off that their 2010 album, Turn Ons, isn’t quite the straight-ahead romp as it may initially seem. Sometimes Turn Ons is as heady as its title, traveling down some trippy side roads -- appropriately so in a cover of the Doors’ “Crystal Ship” -- and sometimes turning songs inside out, envisioning “Up the Junction” as a psychedelic lament, and recasting two perennially snotty anthems of rebellion, “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)” and “EMI,” as clever acoustic-based rockers, but this ain’t an art project shepherded by Godrich, this is a noisy rock & roll party that’s over and out in just over a half-hour. Gaz’s guitars are cranked so they spit, Danny pounds out animalistic rhythms, even during the stately march of Pink Floyd’s “Bike,” and there’s fuzz bass splattered on every other song -- it’s focused madness, with Godrich layering in details, accenting the corners with unexpected colors. All this flair reveals itself slowly, but Turn Ons retains its explosive energy with repeat spins: “Pump It Up” never rocked harder, “Queen Bitch” zeroes in on Bowie’s gleeful snarl, “Lovecats” and “Love Is the Drug” dive into the gutter, while the Velvet Underground’s “I Cant’ Stand It” finds an actual groove. It’s a hell of a good time and it does what a great covers album should: the band never lets their deep, enduring love get in the way of inspiration or imagination.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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