The Floors - Dead Beat (21/03/2013)
A sweaty, dirty, heavy-handed album, The Floors debut album Dead Beat took only a mere four days to record but a lengthy year to release. Why the wait you may ask, guitarist/vocalist Luke Dux described as simply, “yeah, we just decided to go off touring instead”. So with the long wait, does the fuzz, punk band deliver to their fans accordingly?
If you’re a blues and swamp rock lover, then this quintessential album was made for you. Released in October last year, The Floors proved to be so popular that they were nominated for a WAMI for ‘Best Blues Act’. Recorded at the Poon’s Head studio in Fremantle, Dux explained that their recording sessions were as ‘loud and loose as their live shows’ as they recorded everything ‘straight to a 2 inch tape’.
The low, lazed out riffs of ‘You Got To Move’ would act as the stand out piece to drag you out of your seat and start dancing wildly akin to a monkey on heat. The riffs featured on the LP incline perfectly to Ash Doorkorte’s heavy-based drumming which when accompanied by Ryan Dux’s guitar skills and then combined with the vocals of all the bands mates mixes an unbeatable debut for the album.
‘Junkyard Machine’ and ‘Pick Up Your Bones’ contrast heavily against ‘The Coffee Table’ and ‘Bo Creek’. As the first two has a distinct country vibe, the latter feels like it drags its source of sound from the likes of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs creating an seemingly unbalanced mix to the debut album. Despite this flaw, Dead Beat still seemingly, somehow works.
As their debut album, the Dux brothers and Ash Doorknorte create a surprising entertaining album. Aligning more to the side of swamp blues instead of punk, Dead Beat somehow seems to hold the ability to turn a simple church into a site of voodoo infused worship.
Jason Cheung
If you’re a blues and swamp rock lover, then this quintessential album was made for you. Released in October last year, The Floors proved to be so popular that they were nominated for a WAMI for ‘Best Blues Act’. Recorded at the Poon’s Head studio in Fremantle, Dux explained that their recording sessions were as ‘loud and loose as their live shows’ as they recorded everything ‘straight to a 2 inch tape’.
The low, lazed out riffs of ‘You Got To Move’ would act as the stand out piece to drag you out of your seat and start dancing wildly akin to a monkey on heat. The riffs featured on the LP incline perfectly to Ash Doorkorte’s heavy-based drumming which when accompanied by Ryan Dux’s guitar skills and then combined with the vocals of all the bands mates mixes an unbeatable debut for the album.
‘Junkyard Machine’ and ‘Pick Up Your Bones’ contrast heavily against ‘The Coffee Table’ and ‘Bo Creek’. As the first two has a distinct country vibe, the latter feels like it drags its source of sound from the likes of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs creating an seemingly unbalanced mix to the debut album. Despite this flaw, Dead Beat still seemingly, somehow works.
As their debut album, the Dux brothers and Ash Doorknorte create a surprising entertaining album. Aligning more to the side of swamp blues instead of punk, Dead Beat somehow seems to hold the ability to turn a simple church into a site of voodoo infused worship.
Jason Cheung