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CD -EAN 016861857929-ROADRUNNER-1999

AMAZON
Produced by Machine (White Zombie, Coal Chamber), you'd expect the Step Kings' debut LP to be expertly timed, crazily energetic and immensely heavy. However, it's also deeply contemporary. Driven by staccato riffs and a bludgeoning percussion, it delivers a succession of sharp effects learned from industrial and rap, yet holds fast to a strong sense of melody. Welcome to Rock Y2K.

A mightily proficient 3-piece, the Step Kings hail from the streets of New York and proudly sport logoed gang-like uniforms. Their message is one of personal freedom--like close neighbour Springsteen they urge their listeners to escape their urban cage--and they stand aggressively against the authoritarianism of government and peer groups. There's furthermore a very real sense of frustration that, in the track "Eleven", seems to lead to sexual violence. Overall, Let's Get It On! is a largely caustic affair. For a glimpse at its soft side, skip to the thirteenth minute of the final track when a long period of silence is broken by the band and their buddies indulging in drunken and hilarious self-glorification. --Dominic Wills