The Total Rejection

Wrapping Yourself In Silver Foil Won’t Save You From The Blast (Raving Pop Blast)

The Total Rejection are Bristol based, their debut album, Wrapping Yourself In Silver Foil Won’t Save You From The Blast, contains nine tracks that mix the best elements of 60s garage punk, with nods to 60s Mod icons such as The Who, Small Faces and Creation. The opening track, The Legendary Orgasm, takes no prisoners, guitar chord patterns reminiscent of I Can’t Explain, with a nod to The Chords’ Maybe Tomorrow, as well as a smidgen of Creation, setting the standard high for what is to follow. A Lemmy-era Hawkwind-esque trippy swirl leads into the unrelenting workout of Licking Furniture. Contrastingly Tooth By Tooth comes over in a kind of Stranglersdo-Mod pop way. Power chords abound when Raw Power era Stooges collides with early Small Faces on Did You Fall Out The Window? The Total Rejection show they have more than one string to their musical bow on the short and quirky Save The World, with a wink in the direction of fellow Bristolians Portishead. Party Seven invokes all manner of references throughout it’s epic 4m30s duration: Ride, Creation, Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets can all be detected on this joyously uplifting number. Incessant beats, wig outs and astral tripping farfisa vibes combine on the breathtakingly upbeat The Sweetest Dream.

The spirit of pop-art as pioneered by The Who, and taken into new territory’s by Creation, is revisited and rebooted on penultimate track Vampire Cats, coupled with a sneering vocal delivery that conjures up memories of the likes of John Lydon and Liam Gallagher. Last, but by no means least, clocking in at nearly six minutes’ duration is closing track Bending Spoons, which concludes The Total Rejection’s impressive and promising debut long player by blending psychedelic grooves with lo-fi garage punk to perfection. Available to download at £5, on CD at £6, or heavyweight vinyl for £12 from www.raving-pop-blast.bandcamp.com Sarge