Russian Roulettes - R'N'R
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RUSSIAN ROULETTES

Title: R&R
Label: Off The Hip (Australia)
Catalogue No: (oth7082)
Format: CD (album)
Release Date: 2009
Price: $ 25.00

So what about the Russian Roulettes? The Roulettes display the same energy and integrity you'd expect from any of the band members more established projects and on their debut they sound as fresh and excited as a bunch of 15 year olds from the outer suburbs who just got there first set of instruments...

Track Listing: (39:43 m:s)
  1. Drinking Much Too Long (4:38 m:s)
  2. September Girl (2:45 m:s)
  3. Wrong Direction (2:45 m:s)
  4. Outta Control (3:24 m:s)
  5. Hurry Up (2:05 m:s)
  6. You Only Call Me When You're Down (1:58 m:s)
  7. Gonna Make It (1:33 m:s)
  8. Party (2:49 m:s)
  9. Girl You Know How To Dance (11:15 m:s)
  10. I Just Wanna Make Love To You (4:21 m:s)
  11. All The Things (2:20 m:s)

Formed in mid 2007 the Russian Roulettes have certainly taken their time unleashing their debut monster R&R and with good reason. The band comprises of Sam Agostino on vocals/guitar who has been seen globetrotting on five European, one Korean and one American tour with local dropouts Digger and The Pussycats as well as a European tour with the now defunct Kamikaze Trio. Sam's cranked out albums and 45s on labels all over the planet including Spooky Records, P Trash, Slovenly and Beast Records. If you thought that was a full schedule check out Agostino Soldati. Not only does he bash his vintage drumkit with Roulettes he has also been doing the same for the Go Set around Australia and on their recent European tour promoting their most recent offering on France's Cortex records. In his spare time he knocks out 45s with Deep Street Soul on the uber-hip Jaycees and Freestyle record labels and once upon a time killed it on drums with Legends of Motorsport playing on their debut long player out through Reverberation. Tim Wold on bass and vocals fronts Kids of Zoo in his spare time; that is after he finished his stint playing smokin' lead guitar licks with The Specimens. You can check that out from their releases on In-Fidelity, Low Transit, Human Bretzel and Forte Records or ask any spell bound punter who witnessed them on their European tour a few years back.

So what about the Russian Roulettes? The Roulettes display the same energy and integrity you'd expect from any of the band members more established projects and on their debut they sound as fresh and excited as a bunch of 15 year olds from the outer suburbs who just got there first set of instruments. From the opening track Drinking Much Too Long you get the feeling that the Russian Roulettes are delivering something special. From straight up rockers September Girl and Gonna Make It through to 50s esque kitch on All the Things and the 11 minute epic Girl You Know How to Dance the band can't put a foot wrong, playing everything from Funkadelic styled party tunes, Stooges styled punk and Sun Ra tinged free jazz wig outs. Tracked by live music guru John Watson and mixed by Melbourne's grunge Phil Spector Robbie Adams R n R bursts with old school low fidelity goodness that is probably back in vogue again.

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