Cromm Fallon Presents the P200

 

Las Vegas' own garage rock'n'roller, Cromm Fallon and his newest combo, the P200, put on an especially incendiary set opening for the amazing Schizophonics earlier this week and while records can rarely capture the excitement of a a fiery, loud, r'n'r set, this latest release does its best!

"Breathe the Air" starts things off with pounding drums and choppy guitar chords for a hip garage rocker, then there's a bit more of a 12 string jangle for the poppier "Closer Distance", while "Two Stroke Smoke" is the best Hives song since "Hate To Say..."! "Taste" starts off with literally growling bass lines (played by Cromm - he loves his fuzz bass!) and turns into a noisy, punk rock semi-instrumental freak out, while "Hypocritical Mind" is reminiscent of a 4AD cut from a group like Joy Division (think this must've been the one that brought that band to mind when they played the other night), and "Skerp'd Out" (no idea where that title came from!) sounds like a Martin Denny Exotica outtake! 

They're back at the fast paced garage rockin' with "Modern Drugs" and the frantic riff rocker, "2689" (that includes some hip harp playing from Trevor Johnson), then there's some pure punk in "Disposable", and they finally take a breath - but just for a moment - in the groovy pop-pysch of "Senorita Murder" before moving into a more mid-tempo garager (with a bit of psych elements) for "Backseat Cigarettes", and the insanely overdriven guitar damn near literally jumps out of the speakers for the finale of "David Lee Roth Was an EMT" (hah!) - a hard rockin' but also fairly trippy instrumental.

Fallon is certainly not afraid to experiment and he definitely has a wide variety of musical tastes, which should serve him well so he doesn't get boring as his continues his rock'n'roll career! See the band live if there is any way that you can because they are explosive these days - they concentrate of the high energy spectacle in their sets - but in the meantime, this is a fine set of garage rock weirdness!