SPEAKING TONGUES / RUE MOOR COUNTS split 7”

SPEAKING TONGUES / RUE MOOR COUNTS
split 7”
No Gold Records 2009
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Canada vs US on this little 7” as Toronto’s Speaking Tongues take on Detroit’s Rue Moor Counts. First up, The Rue Moor Counts take us on a dense, mid tempo blues infused stomp and roll journey that goes by the name of “On The Run”. Lots of psyche influenced guitar sounds tear through the clamor and if this is anything like their live show, I gotta check these guys out. Flip it over and we’ve got our hometown heroes “Looking In Your Window”. Dense, boogie fueled rock’n’roll noise that kinda reminded me of The Flamin’ Groovies “Slow Death” due to the overall thickness/tone of the sound. And that’s a pretty high pedestal to achieve in my book as the FG’s are one of my faves. The winner, The Speaking Tongues, but then I’m biased as I’ve seen this duo many times live and they never fail to amaze me! (Dave O’Halloran)

THIS REVIEW ORIGINALLY RAN IN MONGREL ZINE #6. BUY IT HERE

The Speaking Tongues Wild Sound CD

The Speaking Tongues
Wild Sound CD
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The first time I ever saw The Speaking Tongues live I was dancing so hard and fast that I blew the front off of one of my fave dancing shoes!! That gives you a pretty good idea about how hard this Toronto two piece rocks out when playing live! And what kinda music do these guys play? Guess the best description would be to call it super high energy fucked blues/boogie fried sludge… ya that’s a mouthful, but definitely justified. And this debut CD is chock full of that kinda sound from start to finish! Easily my favourite release so far this year, and I’ve heard a ton of new stuff!!! In fact I can’t get this sucker out of my CD player… it’s that fucking good!!!! Watch for an interview with The Speaking Tongues in a future issue of Mongrel Zine! (Dave O’Halloran)

THIS REVIEW ORIGINALLY RAN IN MONGREL ZINE #3. BUY IT HERE