![]() Learning the rules only for the purpose of breaking them seems the M.O. The band takes that great, old-school punk attitude and marries it with angular guitars, dance-provoking drumbeats, and boy-girl vocal pairings for a sound that practically screams for the most mischievous, volume-loving members of the young indie rock contingent to pay attention.Īnd, just when it seems a few spare parts are leftover from the assembly of the Johnny Foreigner vehicle and the wheels are about to fall off, the band takes the listener by surprise, throwing in an incredibly tight musical breakdown that runs down the runaway train and lets the group’s ability to play with precision and poise come out. Embracing the essence of punk, Johnny Foreigner’s musical philosophy might best be summed up in the words of the first track on this their first full-length: “Get off before the ship goes down / Get off before the ship sinks…”ĭespite the looming specter of rock and roll’s great misfits over the band’s work, its sound is thoroughly modern. ![]() The group has attitude to spare and soaks its music in youthful impudence. The Birmingham-based trio’s spiritual forefathers are those bands who, whether preceding or reacting to the slick sounds and glossy photos of corporate rock, took a reckless, come-out-swinging approach to their music. Take a throwback spirit, place it in the bodies of some hip, young upstarts, let them loose to create rock and roll, and you have the sound of UK rockers Johnny Foreigner.
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