The Whigs - Mission Control (ATO, 2008)

In 1955, riots broke out in cinemas across Britain during the screening of a film titled "Blackboard Jungle", in which rock'n'roll outlaws, Bill Haley & The Comets, played their soon-to-be hit, Rock Around The Clock. Rock'n'roll was still in its infant stages, and it seems it was all too much for the people to bare, though in those days, dancing in the aisles would have been considered rioting.
Some years later, a wise philosopher was prone to saying, "I know, it's only rock'n'roll, but I like it." And, later still, a young preacher from Western Australia implored: "Let there be light, let there be sound, let there be drums, let there be guitars. LET THERE BE ROCK!"
Luckily, The Whigs have followed the call of their forefathers, and, with their latest album, Mission Control, have unleashed eleven songs of unbridled rock'n'roll upon an unsuspecting world. In their music, you can hear the swagger of Australia's You Am I, the pop sensibility of Britain's Doves, and the southern-rock inflection of America's My Morning Jacket.
Album opener, Like A Vibration, and the awesome, Right Hand On My Heart, are smoking-hot, and while the band aptly display their tender side on tracks such as I Never Want To Go Home and 1000 Wives, they truly shine when their amps are turned up to eleven. With so much rock goodnes on offer, The Whigs need to be heard.

Key Tracks: Right Hand On My Heart, I Never Want To Go Home, Like A Vibration

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