The Heavy [2010 DVDRip]
Director: Marcus Warren
Writer: Marcus Warren
(writer)
Genre: Thriller
Plot: Sibling rivalry
turned into betrayal between two brothers. One a prime candidate for
Prime Minister...
Bath’s The Heavy have emerged. After some
considerable hype, with their rather ostentatiously-titled debut LP
Great Vengeance and Furious Fire.
While the title may lead one to
expect the aural equivalent of being pumped full of lead by Samuel L.
Jackson and that bloke from Saturday Night Fever, the album is actually
an infectiously sleazy collection of rock ‘n’ soul stompers that hit
much more than they miss.
‘You Didn’t Know’ is a highlight; a
gutsy blues holler underpinned by a rough and raw guitar line, while
‘Colleen’ channels the spirit of Prince with a brilliantly camp falsetto
vocal.
Inevitably, with such a haphazard approach, there are
some decidedly ropey moments, particularly the self-consciously ‘wacky’
rap on ‘Girl’ which boasts the line ‘it must be the way you wear your
jeans’, which should lead you to wonder exactly how many ways one can
wear a pair of jeans.
At just ten tracks long, Great Vengeance is
a short blast of heady fun that contains some genuinely impressive
moments; surely it wouldn’t be too much to suggest that The Heavy have
got a truly great album in them?
Ben Davis