VINYL REVIEW: FLEXX BRONCO – Volume 3

Shane | 13 November 2015 | Reply

VINYL REVIEW: FLEXX BRONCO – Volume 3
Self Destructo Records
27 November, 2015
Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar
8 /10

It’s been six long years, but finally San Francisco’s surliest punk n’ rollers return to the city of peace & love with album number three – appropriately titled Volume 3.

In all honesty Flexx Bronco sound only like Flexx Bronco – neither punk, nor boogie, hard rock, or any other label properly defines their attitude, but all these things go into their sound, before being regurgitated out as spittle-flecked, attitude-driven rock n’ fucking roll, man. And a sweet sound it is.

The band themselves describe themselves as an outlaw amalgam of country and blues – “Andrew W.K. featuring on a collaborative album between The Supersuckers and Steve Earle.” Far from PR hyperbole, that’s a lot closer to the mark than you might imagine – especially the Supersuckers comparison.

Volume 3 is a trip, from instrumental opener Mors Non Separabit (Latin for ‘death will not separate’), through the excellently titled Blondetourage, cooler-than-thou ‘50s-Bobby Darin-inspired crooner Heart On The Floor – also presented here on side two as a turbo charged rocker – and the triple whammy of closers: Filthy’s Lullaby, Deathbaby and Emerald City Burning, each one louder, faster and more aggressive than the last.

Released only digitally and on vinyl so far, Volume 3 is no bullshit rock n’ roll made by a motley crew of scuzzy rockers who believe – as do 100% ROCK – that only rock n’ roll can save this dying world now. Viva la Flexx Bronco!!

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