It’s all very well asking music to evolve, to move with the times, and to create new sounds and styles, but sometimes you just need a bit of old-school, heavy blues-based, kick-arse rock and roll in your life. And when that happens, you turn to bands such as 20 Year Short Break.
After all, you can make a good argument for rock and roll music having found its perfect form, and if it isn’t broken, then don’t fix it. So if you want a slice of foot-on-the-monitor, anthemic, heavy-as-hell, groovesome rock and roll, this is the band for you, and Roots is the song of the moment.
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[…] Roots may have been my first taste of the wonderfully named 20 Year Short Break, but I knew it wouldn’t be my last. To prove it, here I am listening to the delights of their new one, Underneath, and what a neat slice of rock and roll it is. […]