Quick, someone call the fire brigade, my stereo is on fire! Oh hang on, it's ok - it's just this new album from The Jim Jones Revue and right from the off I declare it's a smoking hot set of tunes. Between touring and more touring this most awesome of bands also finds the time to knock out a few new songs for this, their second full length album. 

I had great expectations for 'Burning Your House Down' after seeing the band play a few gigs this year. I was trying to suppress my excitement and not build it up so much that it would never be able to live up to my expectations. When you're playing punk/rock 'n' roll/garage it's hard to go wrong with such a  formula. So when the music begins any fears I might have had disappear and the wonderful noise comes spewing forth from my speakers. 'Dishonest John' gets the party started and what an opener : all wild and wonderfully, brazenly rock 'n' roll.  With a clearer, less distorted 'garage' production than on both 'Here To Save Your Soul' and 'Jim Jones Revue', it's full tilt ivory tinkling, tub thumping, guitar slinging rock 'n' roll motherfuckers and I must declare, brothers and sisters, The Jim Jones Revue are kicking out the jams on what can only be described as the best party your stereo or MP3 player will have all year.

After 'Dishonest John' makes its exit it's time for the mightily impressive piano-driven frantic rock-out that is 'High Horse'.  Marrying the wildest pieces of Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard as well as some hefty garage rock, the pace and style is consistent throughout the record and this, the tightest of bands, rips the music biz another arsehole. Led by the impressive frontman that is Jim Jones and his wailing, passionate vocal that mixes some of the great singers from the 50's and beyond - think Little Richard and even someone like Noddy Holder on full tilt and you won't be too far from the mark. 'Foghorn' begins with what at first sounds like Jim clearing his throat but actually appears to indeed be a foghorn as the song manages to sling out some mightily impressive axework from the flaming fingers of Rupert Orton whilst Elliot Mortimer tinkles the ivories like it's the last day on earth. 

The Jim Jones Revue are like a breath of fresh air blowing through the current music world. They manage to capture that excitement of the live shows on this here slab of vinyl or plastic silver disc or whatever it is downloads are made of - if you close your eyes you're in the front row of some sweaty club lapping up the music before you and that takes some doing these days, but they manage it here with these tracks. Credit must go to Jim Sclavunos who does a great job on the production by capturing what this band is all about.

With the best bits of the last 50 years of music slung in the Jim Jones cement mixer, churned round and then spat out, to pick a favourite song is almost futile as one is as strong as the next and as wild and wonderful as the previous. If pushed 'Premeditated' comes pretty damn close to overheating my stereo with its crazy sound of a band right at the top of their game. It's a bruising punch to the ear holes with Jim Jones sounding like he's gone 12 rounds with Lucifer down at the crossroads and then sent the little red fucker packing with a flea in his ear and a size 10 up his jacksie. 

No matter what your musical leanings are I urge you to go check out 'Burning Your House Down', it's simply awesome. Come and join us as we worship at the Revue's altar of rock 'n' roll and marvel at brother Jim as he leads the congregation into the promised land. Praise the lord, the saviours of rock 'n' roll have arrived! Now turn to page 7 of your hymn books and join me in blasting out 'Shoot First'.......now take it away boys.

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