Australia. It’s all
Foster’s, Neighbours and
‘Shrimps on the Barbie’
if the clichés are to be
believed and musically
all the bands sound like
a cross between AC/DC
and Jet. Actually in
this case, that last
cliché’s spot on. Mix in
the bluesy riffs of the
Rolling Stones and the
retro grooves of The
Small Faces and you have
Dallas Crane.
Fortunately the lack of
originality pales into
insignificance when the
power-rock of title
track ‘Dirty Hearts’
growls from the
speakers. It’s
refreshing to hear a
band without pretension
and when Dave Larkin
hollers, “I wasn’t born
in the nativity scene”,
on standout track ‘Wrong
Party’, you know this
four-piece aren’t going
to claim to be bigger
than Jesus anytime soon.
‘Dirty Hearts’ is simply
classic rock. Not in a
hoary dad rock way,
there’s energy and
passion here not just
‘impressive
musicianship’.
‘Mine Mine Mine’ goes,
“I remember rock’n’roll”.
Dallas Crane certainly
do- they’ve distilled 40
years of it into a
catchy ten track
sing-a-long that doesn’t
bring anything new to
the party, but when it
gets there and has a few
drinks, ‘Dirty Hearts’
is the life and soul.
Graham Emmerson
