Rev Beat-Man and the Underground - It's a Matter of Time

 

 

In this release, the B-Man is backed by a full band and while he normally has extra musicians on his releases, and each one has its own feel, this definitely sounds like a hip garage band behind the Rev's madness.

With songs like the opening "I Want To Fuck You", you know what you're going to get - garage r'n'r (this time with keys) backing Rev's trashy guitar'n'growl. "Slave to the Phone" sounds like much of his solo work - certainly a good thing! - simple, raw guitar chords, but over a strong, dynamic rhythm backing. We get a bit of the Rev's usual blasphemy in his dirgey new dance craze, the "Jesus Christ Twist", which is pretty ferocious with a massive wash of guitars'n'keys while "Shut Up" highlights guitarist Benjomin along with Rev's shrieks'n'wails and is pure punk'n'garage mania - terrifically crazed! "Mongolian Talks To Alien" is simply beautiful noise (he actually performed this one with backing tapes at his most recent show here), "It's a Matter of Time" is a huge shift in tone'n'style for a sparse, almost country-ish, almost ambient, David Lynch-ian ballad before we get back to the mid-tempo garage-ish / key-dominated "Get Down On Me". "Banned From The Internet" is a country romp complaining about modern media woes, "Lass Uns Liebe Machen" (which has appeared on another record in a very different form) has machinegun rolls of noise, "Back In Hell" is appropriately moody, with sparse, reverbed guitar licks and a little keys as the Rev sings of love'n'revenge, and the CD closes with "You're On Top" which continues in the bare-bones, Lynchian fashion, but builds in intensity throughout.

Another terrific outing from the Rev'n'friends! Pick up anything you can find by the man and be sure to see him if he comes anywhere near you!