When Nick Cave cut down on members from his Bad Seeds and formed Grinderman people said it was a step back to early rock & roll and blues. I say they’re wrong.

OK, so perhaps there’s some sort of naive youthful energy reminiscent of early rock & roll, but to me you’re kind of missing the point if you narrow Grinderman to something from the past. Let’s examine this. First off, it’s Nick bloody Cave. What? You don’t get my point? Nick won’t do ‘basic rock & roll’. Secondly, it doesn’t seem like the other members are there to do it either.

At first and 21st listen not all songs seem that good, actually some could even be considered poor. At 22nd listen almost all songs could be considered a slap in the face… In a good way! Perhaps except for ‘Go tell the women’ which I just find too damn long and boring and the song ‘Grinderman’. The latter passes sometimes depending on the mood. Highlights include without a doubt ‘Electric alice’, which I kind of wish I’d recorded myself, ‘Depth charge ethel’ and ‘Honey bee’, but most songs are cool the 22nd time. Now go Youtube them and find some killer TV performances then buy the album.