Track Listing

1. That Kind Of Man
2. Coleen
3. Set Me Free
4. You Don't Know
5. Girl
6. Doing Fine
7. In The Morning
8. Brukpocket's Lament
9. Dignity
10. Who Needs The Sunshine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76214 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-28
• Number of discs: 1

Uncut 4/5
"Might actually be the album of the year."

Guardian Band Of The Day
"There must be another way to say "brilliant", but there isn't. It's a good word, so use it up, wear it out. Brilliant is what it is. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant."

Mojjo
"A kick-ass sound, one which you can imagine rocking a festival tent to its foundations."

Customer Reviews

BANG!
I first heard this band on Radio 1 and couldn't resist buying the album.
As soon as the first track hits your ears, you simply know that you're in for a treat. You can hear real influences of early soul whilst enveloping the experience into a modern funky/blues set that has moved with the times. With driving beats, smooth vocals, catchy riffs and basslines,
Great Vengeance is by far the 'heaviest' collection of music this side of creation.

The Heavy- Great Vengeance and Furious Fire Review
So when we heard that there was a band from Bath, UK who has just released their debut album of bluesey funk-rock we didn't think much of it. Another lite-weight Primal Scream rip-off we thought. The first spin of 'Great Vengeance....' transported this reviewer 3000 miles West of Bath into the fried and epic sunset of California via New York, Mississippi and Detroit, which is something considering that the likes of Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were rotating previously on the office stereo. `The Heavy' are a four-piece who specialise in creating a highly authentic brand of dirty neo-blues fused with a swaggering hip-hop/funk-laden groove and wailing/torched vocals straight from late sixties freak-out era. On top of this they tweek and shred their guitars to create a psychedelic edge to proceedings which acts as the icing on the cake.

Of the 10 tracks on this 33 minute album, none disappoint and all contribute to one awesome experience. Early on, listeners are treated to `Colleen', a unique track employing a gritty hip-hop beat and clanging percussion which acts as a backdrop to vocalist, Swaby's emphatic and raw melodic wails. `You Don't Know' starts off with dark and heavy riffage which brings to mind 60's forgotten heavy-psychedelic innovators `Parson Sound'. This foreboding, almost metal-sounding soundscape meanders throughout the track and psychedelic guitars join proceedings to create an extremely raw and heavy ode to `Comets On Fire'.

`Girl' sees Swaby performing some `tongue-in cheek' Streets-esque rapping about a rather fit sounding bird. In the middle, Swaby switches to singing and the transformation is quite amazing and perfectly showcases Swaby's immense vocal talents. `In The Morning' is another downtuned and heavy outing which sounds like a punked-out Velvet Underground indulging in a touch of rabble-rousing. `Dignity' is another rousing high-tempo retro-post-punk piece which sounds like Evergreen (Chicago school of post-punk) meets White Light/White Heat era Velvet Underground. On tracks like `Doing Fine', `Bruk Pocket...' and `Who Needs The Sunshine?', `The Heavy' undertake a softer, more soulful approach which all bumble along nicely and give the listener time to really take stock of the album.

In `Great Vengeance and Furious Fire', `The Heavy' have executed a fantastic, gritty and urban take on the genre's of soul, funk and psychedelic rock. Their sound is a forceful nod to the heroes of the aforementioned genres and it is obvious the raw production values and `live' sound are tools that have been employed to strengthen this. Out of respect for `The Heavy' and all that they represent, `Great Vengeance and Furious Fire' deserves to be purchased on Vinyl.

For fans of: RL Burnside, Velvet Underground, Early Fleetwood Mac, Primal Scream, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul.

Brilliant! Album!!
I heard this group a while ago play live and have been waiting for this album to be released. Having heard it I have to say they have not disappointed. I would strongly recommend that you buy this CD, it really is excellent!!