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Audio Mixer: Jim Kissling. Recording information: High Bias Recording, Detroit, MI; The Tempermill, Ferndale, MI. The Dirtbombs' 2008 full-length WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED may be frontman Mick Collins's genius statement. It's not necessarily his most readily listenable record, but it's a grower, working its way into the listener's brain and casting off revolutionary messages for the subconscious. The music, though rooted in garage rock, is funky in a decidedly contemporary way; it possesses a controlled anger that one could accurately describe as punk; and in true Dirtbombs fashion, it's as fuzzed-out as your grandma's old black & white. A musical call to arms if there ever was one, SURROUNDED is pure Motor City madness. One of the finest underground releases of 2008. A must-have. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome America's newest protest singer -- Mick Collins! OK, that's going a bit far to make a point, but Collins does seem to have more serious matters on his mind than usual on the fourth album from the Dirtbombs, We Have You Surrounded. Fans looking for more of the Dirtbombs' patented R&B-seasoned garage punk assault still get what they came for with tunes like "Ever Lovin' Man" and "I Hear the Sirens," and those fascinated by the band's way with a cover will want to cue up their re-imaginings of Sparks' "Sherlock Holmes" and Dead Moon's "Fire in the Western World." But there's a decidedly apocalyptic undercurrent to this collection of songs -- technology turns its back on us all in "Wreck My Flow," the environment is at the point of collapse on "Fire in the Western World," greed and vanity turn dangerous in "Pretty Princess Day," survivors struggle through the wreckage of our society in "Leopardman at C&A" (written by Collins and famed comics scribe Alan Moore) and the whole saga reaches its logical conclusion en français on the closing number, "La Fin du Monde." Even the album's free-noise freak-out "Race to the Bottom" seems filled with an unspoken anxiety. But if the Dirtbombs fear for our future, they sound determined to go out with a bang -- We Have You Surrounded is tighter and more focused than 2003's Dangerous Magical Noise without sacrificing the frantic energy that's always been at their core, and Troy Gregory and Ko Melina sound better integrated into the Dirtbombs lineup than they did on the split-LP Billiards at Nine Thirty as this band rages against the dying of the light. Maybe Mick Collins can't save the world, but he's got plenty of worthwhile things to say on this album, and his global angst beats Bono's for sheer entertainment value any day of the week. ~ Mark DemingSpin (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] terrific, accessible hard rock album deserving of more than cult attention....[With] aggressively funky grooves that suggest a Motown rhythm section gone punk..." Uncut (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] classic three-string scuzz, rap-rock, a cross between the Beasties and the White Stripes, and the straight-out electro noise of 'Race To The Bottom'." Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Diverse as ever, WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED takes in spooky ESG disco and dirgey grunge rock as fronted by Marvin Gaye." We Have You Surrounded Music Dirtbombs We Have You Surrounded Songs We Have You Surrounded Music We Have You Surrounded Review
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