With a warmly received EP in May’s ‘Open Visions’, the momentum of a glowing NME review, and the promise of an intimate home’toon’ show next month, Newcastle’s Kobadelta have definitely had a better 12 months than you. And just to prove it, they’ve bestowed to the world a furious and decidedly political four-and-a-half-minutes of unforgiving psychedlic-tinged, angst-ridden rock.
Released in the summer in tandem with a rather zany music video, ‘Blame It All On Me’ is essentially an attack on the platitudes of mainstream media, opening with the line “If you go down to the woods today, ignore what the TV has to say”. The crashing drums and churning guitars of this disaffected anthem carry elements of Kings of Leon back when they were good, alongside more traditional British influences, and it’s a track that would undoubtedly sound best in a dimly lit room with the band letting all hell break loose in front of you.
Bright things lie ahead indeed if this is the kind of thing we are to hear from this four-piece in the future, and with a good five years together under their belt already, you can’t blame it all on us for wanting more.
The ‘Open Visions’ EP is available for download here.
Words by Benedict