Sweet Creatures is the fourth studio album from Arizona's Crash Street Kids. CSK is a throw back to early glam rock, a push of Seventies Brit rock pushed through some boisterous punk and Eighties sleaze. You cannot but hear echoes Bowie/Ziggy, Stones, Mott, and even some Alice Cooper. Much of this is evident from the start on Sweet Creatures, yet especially on Bang Bang You're Beautiful, and Bad Yeah Bad. Then 3rd Avenue Vampire brings a ballad seemingly channeling Mott the Hoople through Queen. One thinks Crash Street Kids might be lost in the wrong time.
While much of this sound continues in the second half of this tale, Crash Street Kids offer some interesting exploration. There's the strange juxtaposition of melodic catchy rock and title of I Become Death. Later, Harlot of Flies stirs up creepy Cooper images with it's blend of eerie and melodic rock. Finally, and perhaps the best song on the album, Mary Queen of Rock offers infectious rock hooks bolstered by a huge dose of saxophone.
Crash Street Kids offers classic glam rock sound visited on our planet some 40 years ago, but now warped forward through a worm hole to the 21st century. Sweet Creatures is a refreshing and vigorous spin against current trends.
01. Sweet Creatures
02. Asylum
03. Bang Bang! (Your Beautiful)
04. Sad Julia
05. Bad! Yeah, Bad!
06. 3rd Avenue Vampires
07. Mary, Queen of the Rock
08. I Become Death
09. Angel
10. I was a Teenage Hooker
11. Harlot of the Flies
Ryan McKay – Lead Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitars
Ricky Serrano – Lead and Rhythm GUitars, Backing Vocals
Deuce Gregory – Bass, Vocals
A.D. Adams – Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Crash Street Kids – Sweet Creatures (2012)
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