.: This could be quite the banner year for many established Detroit bands. Along with those rumors of a Jack White solo and/or Raconteurs album this year, we in the TMT newsroom also have more concrete info regarding releases from The Von Bondies, Pas/Cal, SSM, and others. But none of that should fill your heart with excitement like the news of a brand new LP from one of the local masters of rock n roll and R&B (think Ike Turner, not Akon), Mick Collins. His current band, The Dirtbombs, are scheduled to release their fourth proper full-length record, We Have You Surrounded, February 19 via In The Red Records.
The 12-track platter, the bands first since their 2005 clearinghouse odds & sods LP, If You Dont Already Have A Look (In The Red), will no doubt be another raw, powerful. The title, We Have You Surrounded, could be a proper way of describing, sonically, The Dirtbombs live show. Two drummers (Ben Blackwell, Pat Pantano), two bass players (Troy Gregory, Ko Melina), and Collins front and center, blasting forth, as the sound fills every nook and cranny of the room, much louder and more enjoyable than most punk bands ever could be.
We Have You Surrounded tracklist:
1. Its Not Fun Until They See You Cry 2. Ever Lovin Man 3. Indivisible 4. Sherlock Holmes 5. Wreck My Flow 6. Leopardman at C & A 7. Fire in the Western World 8. Pretty Princess Day 9. I Hear the Sirens 10. They Have Us Surrounded 11. Race to the Bottom 12. La Fin du Monde