CJ Wildheart - SPLiT (2025) [FLAC] {Caffeine Bomb Records CBR 136}
Release Info:
RLSDATE: 2025/04/26 RTLDATE: 2025/02/05
GENRE: Punk Rock FORMAT: 320 MB
SOURCE: CD RUNTiME: 37:46
RiPPER: EAC 1.8 ENCODER: FLAC 1.5
DRiVE: ASUS SW-16D1X-U ORiGiN: Japan
RELEASE: Caffeine Bomb Records CBR 136
MATRiX: 1C64402774 IFPI LT030 CRB-136
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RPMOnline (dot) co (dot) uk adds. . .
You can't keep a good man down, and the Duracell bunny of positivity
that is CJ Wildheart is back with a new solo album to improve your
life. After the fury and anger of 2020s 'Siege', this is a
collection of killer tunes that, while often ferocious, maintain a
link to the melodies he's known for. And so it begins with "Kick
Down The Walls", the opening chord reminiscent of "Sitting At Home"
by the mighty Honeycrack, before launching into an anthemic chorus.
"We're ready for the fight...", and he still has a knack with a
tasty middle eight. It's the little things that can transform a song
into something special.
"Butterfingers" is just as infectious, whilst reminiscing of old
days at the Marquee; 'messing with our hair, getting ready for the
night'. You can almost taste the Hard Rock Hairspray. 'Are you
ready, are you one of us?', wrapped around a simple but insistent
melody. Lovely.
"Victoria" has a great, upfront bass line, made for pogoing, while
"All The Dough" and "S.D.E" riff it up in a similar fashion to RFTC,
and a similar high quality. This doesn't sound like an album made on
a small budget, and Dave Draper has done a fantastic job throughout.
"Bad Decision" reminds me of the energy and riffs of Chris Catalyst,
as I regularly spin his recent album. Another good guy, for sure.
Having listened a few times now, it's "Give The Dog A Bone" that
really sticks in my head immediately, the chorus is classic CJ, from
The Jellys onwards, and you will be playing it on repeat.
"Mr Angry" is two minutes of focussed fury, and "All You Rude Boys"
tackles the lecherous idiots in clubs and bars; 'you'll never set
that girl alight, cause she knows damn right that you talk too much
and you're full of shite'.
"Shweinehund" is almost heavy Goth, set to a nursery rhyme tune, an
unexpected turn. I wonder if he"s heard Mr Catalyst's "Robochrist"
stuff? "The Grass Is Greener" ends on a positive note; 'hope, it
glimmers in the distant light...on my own, it tastes so good alone'.
It certainly sounds like CJ is content with where he is right now.
He's delivered a corker of an album. It pays to be a good guy.
Ripper's Notes:
Japanese pressing of CJ's excellent recent album adds two bonus
tracks, "Fire The Battery" (previoiusly released in demo form on
'Building Blocks' and a cover of Lars Frederiksen And The Bastards'
"To Have And To Have Not"
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