Little Barrie is back with a second album where he sets himself a high standard indeed. New to his crew is Blues Explosion drummer Russell Simins, whose hi hat trickery bolsters the band and punctuates each lyric in this beat driven blues. First track ‘Boiling Out’ is in their words ‘a bastardised bo diddley,’ which sets an insistent pace for the LP and catapults you into grimy rock n roll number ‘Love You.’ The album somehow straddles both jump-up and come-down vibes and will take you along through its ten assured tracks irresistibly. Genius. JJ