(AuxPortesDuMetal.com)
The Quireboys est un groupe fondé en 1984 à Londres qui fit forte impression en 1990 avec la sortie de leur premier album "A bit of What You Fancy" qui marcha très fort (numéro 2 dans les charts UK). Après un split en 1993, ils se reforment en 2001. Homewreckers & Heartbreakers est leur 5ieme album, 3ieme depuis cette reformation. Le groupe s'articule autour du chanteur Jonathan Gray surnomé Spike et de ses guitaristes Guy Griffin et Paul Guerin. Ca tourne pas mal pour les autres. Décrire la musique de Quireboys est assez facile. Prenez un un triangle avec un sommet Aerosmith, un sommet Rolling Stones et un dernier Black Crows. Voila Queryboys c'est quelque part dans ce triangle selon les morceaux de l'album. Quireboys c'est de la musique typiquement "roots", de la musique qui vous fait ressortir vos vieilles camargaises crottées et le pantalon de cuir. Limite la veste en cuir à franges. Un regal. Quireboys c'est d'abord une voix. Celle de Spike. Prenez Rod Stewart, Bonnie Tyler et Steven Tyler (et même Joe Cocker), vous voyez le genre ? La voix cassée à l'extrème, la voix de tous les abus rock 'n' rollesques, bref "La Voix". Quireboys c'est aussi de la slide guitare, des violons, un piano fabuleux qui je décrirais de piano-de-saloon, de l'armonica, et même une section de cuivres. Bref de bon vieux rock, gras, sudiste, qui rape en bouche : du rock quoi !
Question production, rien à redire. Question compositions, on trouve 12 titres propres et très bonne qualité. Il y'a même un tube absolu (en puissance) avec le génial "Mona Lisa Smiled". Irresistible. Riffs de gratte à la Keith Richards, violon, voix, mandoline, et le refrain qui défonce, purée la giffle !
Sinon on trouve un paquet de morceaux blues rock comme "Blackwater", armonica, gratte à la Joe Perry, une bombe, ou bien "Hall of Shame" et sa slide géniale. Le tout aussi bluesy "I Love this Dirty Town" est probablement le morceau qui reflète le plus le style "Quireboys", puisque tout y est. La grosse guitare, le piano-de-saloon qui en fait des tonnes, la voix de Spike, qui s'arrache (c'est le cas de le dire), et la section de cuivres qui envoie des "Pouet, Pouet" réguliers. Entre Aerosmith et Lynyrd Skynyrd. Le pied. Sympa aussi le boogie "Josephine". Dur, dur de ne pas taper du pied au rythme des ces mecs. Sans oublier le "Louder" et le "Louder Reprise", slidé à mort, voix qui déchire tout.
Fidèle à leur habitude, on trouve pas mal de ballades coolos, mid tempo, comme "Take a Look at Yourself", "Fear Within the Lie" où le chant de Spike fait mouche et vous scotche à votre chaise d'émotions éraillées, ou encore "Hello", et son piano à la Lynyrd et son bon solo de guitare. Mais encore "Late Night Saturday Call", magnifique, voix et violon, au rythme assez country. Vraiment très bon. Seuls les violons d'un "One for the Road" assez Eagles me laisse un peu sur ma faim.
Un album de grande qualité, où le groupe se montre sous son meilleur angle, et avec une superbe homogénéité. Comment ne pas souligner quand même la voix de Spike, si particulière et si attachante, ainsi que le jeu sudiste et génial du piano-de-saloon. Moi ca me fait craquer...
Louder, louder, louder....
(SleazeRoxx.com)
The Quireboys are a band that have always made an effort to distance themselves from being associated with any of the endless list of metal sub-genres, whether it be glam rock, hair metal, or sleaze. They are neither, and they would probably be insulted if you thought that they were. The Quireboys are, as frontman Spike proudly proclaims at every gig, "a Rock n' Roll band!" Homewreckers & Heartbreakers reiterates that notion, whilst at the same time reveals a band that has clearly matured since the early days of A Bit Of What You Fancy. If fears that this new found 'maturity' may lead you to think that the band have become a tedious bore (Bon Jovi anyone?), don't worry, just listen to this album and all negative thoughts will be but a distant memory. They've stuck to the same formula that has brought them such a huge following over the years; Spike's rasping vocals (which have not lost any strength), Guy Griffin's pure, bluesy guitar tones, barroom piano-led riffs, and any other instrument you'd expect to come across in a rowdy, yet warm, southern bar.
Album opener "I Love This Dirty Town" is a better confirmation than any that these guys are well and truly back in business. Reminiscent of the feel-good, party time, tunes that they mastered so long ago, it's the perfect introduction to what you're about to hear over the next 49 minutes. "Mona Lisa Smile" is a touching ballad, and its use of subtle and restrained violins in the background only add more to its tenderness, whilst "Louder" is a toe-tapping, feel-good ditty, celebrating the joys of life without bringing any element of cliche to it.
"Fear Within The Lie" conveys the scene of the traditional Ol' English pub on a cold wintery night; last orders have been called and you're reluctantly awaiting the gloomy, drizzly, walk home that is approaching. If that 'walk home' mentioned is such an unattractive concept, much is the enchantment that surrounds "Blackwater", it has the ability to transport you to the complete opposite, and in this case you are taken to the surroundings of Lynchburg, Tennessee. Close your eyes and you can almost catch sight of the dust-cloaked bridleways, imposing Rocky Mountains, and smell the aroma of fresh tobacco and whiskey, all lingering in the hot summer atmosphere.
"One For The Road" poignantly portrays a man reminiscing on their lost loves, friends, and the past mistakes they've made. Exposing elements of regret, subtle pleas for forgiveness, and a promise to change their ways, all make for a revealing and humble song. This somewhat melancholic mood continues with "Late Nite Saturday Call", that is, until you meet "Hall Of Shame", which lightens the atmosphere once again as the sounds of a slide guitar wail predominantly throughout. "Take A Look At Yourself"' does exactly what the title affirms to; a piece regarding inner-reflection of a disintegrating relationship, and the contemplation as to whose fault it falls on. Album closer "Josephine" takes you right back to the dirty, old, barroom scene; clean, bluesy guitars, Spike's trademark whiskey-addled snarl and piano riffs emerging at all the right moments.
All things considered, this is a great return to form from the band. Along with their usual arsenal of instruments, they have also incorporated brass and mandolin compositions. And in addition to this, they've hired the services of up-and-coming blues singer Cherry Lee Mewis (who supplies backing vocals for several tracks) providing the album with a further air of soul.
So, light a cigarette, grab a Jack on the rocks, turn the jukebox up to full, close your eyes, and let the journey begin...
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