Year : 2023
Style : Hard Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 78 mb
Bio:
Bad Touch originally formed in 2010 when the band members were still in college. In their formative years, they played local pubs and performed covers of some rock classics, and gradually began to compose original material. Over the last few years Bad Touch started making a name for themselves and built a reputation for their dynamic live shows, making them on of the “must-see” acts at many local venues.In 2012, the band recorded their first EP at the Leeders Farm Studio – home of local hero’s The Darkness. The desire to get their music to a wider audience eventually led to the band performing gigs around the country. In 2012, the band won the Exposure Music Award in 2012 for their live show, followed by an invitation to play Hard Rock Hell for the very first time.2013 was a great year for the band. They toured the UK with The Quireboys and won the Marshall Ultimate Band Contest. In 2014, they toured with Bonafide, The Electric Boys and Tyketto, and played many festivals including Download, Steelhouse, Legends of Rock and Hard Rock Hell.In 2015, the band recorded their debut album Half Way Home at Foel Studios. Released on 27th April, the album received rave reviews from the rock press.2015 was also a great year for touring with the band completing an 18-date UK tour with The Answer as well as UK tours with Tyketto and Snakecharmer. Bad Touch’s live shows garnered them praise and support from fans and critics.In June 2016, Bad Touch embarked on a UK tour with Jared James Nichols, followed by a UK tour in July supporting the Kentucky Headhunters.In July 2016, the band recorded their second album “Truth Be Told”, which was eventually released in December of that year to great critical acclaim. In November they embarked on a joint UK tour with the Australian band “Massive”.The following year, during March and April, Bad Touch toured the UK with Broken Witt Rebels under the Planet Rock Roadstars banner, and followed this with a UK tour in April and May supporting Britain’s award-winning blues rock band King King. During the tour, Planet Rock radio play-listed the band’s single “99%” which was remixed for radio by Chris Kimsey (Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton, Killing Joke, Bad Company).Over the summer they played numerous festivals including Ramblin’ Man, Wildfire, Amplified, Cambridge Rock Festival, Weyfest, and many more as well a supporting Dan Baird and Homemade Sin during their UK tour.They toured with Grammy Award winners The Kentucky Headhunters in October 2017 and then embarked on their 1st headline tour in November - with the support Planet Rock including both Hard Rock Hell and Planet RockstockDuring the winter months of 2017/18 the band spent time in the studio working on a new album - with a scheduled release date of autumn 2018.March 2018 saw the guys touring the UK with Skid Row.and with many festivals and a headline tour to follow 2018 looks to be a big year.
Album:
Bad Touch return with their fifth album ‘Bittersweet Satisfaction’. Produced by the band themselves and recorded at The Marshall Studio, ‘Bittersweet Satisfaction’ showcases their good-time rock and roll over 10 brand new tracks.It’s quite possible that all roads in the Bad Touch story have led to this point. With ‘Bittersweet Satisfaction’ Bad Touch have served up their career-best album: the album that sees them take on the mantle as the UK’s ultimate feel-good rock‘n’roll band. An album of consistently confident and classy songcraft that gives them an Album of the Year contender for classic rockers – yet simultaneously catapults them as one of just a few whose music could and should live comfortably in the music mainstream. ‘Bittersweet Satisfaction’ is Bad Touch’s rite of passage album; they’re back from the lockdown era with an empathically confident and self-assured musical statement – and one that elevates them to the forefront of the Britain’s contemporary rock scene.The economy is so impressive. 10 songs, with only one track longer than four minutes. Yet every song stands tall on its own and the album is packed with catchy choruses and brief – but memorable – guitar solos. Every track starts and finishes properly without fading in or out and there’s not a filler in sight. In the age of the vinyl revival, this album reminds us of the lost art of a great album. This is Bad Touch’s ‘Reckless’ – 10 songs which could all be singles, a great flow to the track-listing and with every song delivering immediate impact. There is no waste, rather there is class and craft in the economy.In the spirit of an album that delivers impact without being too long, I’m going to keep this review relatively short and to-the-point.‘Slip Away’ opens the album with an up-tempo, full-blooded Bad Touch. We’re straight in with no messing about. For ‘This Life’ Stevie’s vocal stays in the higher range. A song with instantly catchy choruses – an uplifting, feel-good vibe. This is music to unite people, music that will create shared memories.‘Spend My Days’ is another inspiring track, the choruses really working in elevating the new material. The production is also excellent – the recorded balance between the band members is really good. Drums, guitar, bass, vocal – everyone has room to breathe and moments to shine. Bad Touch has always been a tight band on stage and in the studio – and the album production catches this well for a band that truly has always been about the sum of the parts.The title track keeps the urgency and tempo rolling and this sets up ‘Nothing Wrong With That,’ which is possibly the band’s best radio single to date. The band’s influences are very clear with this song, but it’s the track’s spirit and execution that gives it such class. After the ups and downs of world events in recent years, this is the kind of song we all need on our playlists. Perfect too for audience participation at festivals, the kind of shared spirit that a uniting anthem gives people at a music event as the sun sets after a long day.‘Taste This’ mixes funk and rock vibes – a song that has a depth, is executed with a confident swagger and includes a filthy guitar solo. The guitar playing throughout the album is excellent. The solos are economical at times but the stand-out moments shine – sometimes less is more. After a few listens, ‘Taste This’ has all the makings of a deep cut favourite from the album.‘Tonight’ is another song that sparkles, supported by the soulful backing singers who complement Stevie’s voice well. This is music that makes you feel alive – it’s arguably pop music in the best sense of the word. And from the rising rock scene we need more music that can live outside the genre goldfish bowl.‘Come Back Again’ could well be Bad Touch’s ‘When The World Comes Down’ moment. A song for hope. Everyone will be touched by this one in their own way. A simple song but the best songs often are. Stevie’s vocals are perfectly suited for this kind of song – a track for mainstream radio, if playlists were based purely on merit.‘See It To Believe It’ we premiered on the rock show ahead of the track’s appearance on Modern Rock Vol 5. Following the tradition of ‘99%’, ‘Good On You’ and ‘Baby Get It On’, this is the latest instalment of classy feel-good blues rock party singles that no one does better than Bad Touch.After the breathless run of great songs, the album closes with ‘Dizzy For You’- a perfect singalong closer. A bit more freestyle but full of freedom and confidence. Bad Touch is a band I have followed since early 2016. From the long run of serious and nutty interviews we’ve done over the years, it’s always been clear the band members are grounded, good people. They are serious about being the best band they can be – and their ultimate aim is to entertain. For the last eight years they have always been on the rock show playlist, their track record for serving up a relentless run of catchy radio singles is almost unequalled in their peer group. What we have with ‘Bittersweet Satisfaction’ is an album release that has gone up through the gears. It’s not just a collection of songs with a few belting radio singles – it feels almost like a greatest hits album. ‘Bittersweet Satisfaction’ is Bad Touch’s benchmark album.For years this band has been in mix among a fine peer group of bands that has been evolving. ‘Bittersweet Satisfaction’ is possibly the moment when Bad Touch transition from “ones to watch” to flag carriers for their scene. For many, it will be a contender for Album of the Year – and for anyone that’s followed their story over the years, this is the album the captures what the band is about and what makes the Kings of Norfolk quite so special.If you are in the mood for a collection of well-crafted, catchy tunes that you’ll play over and over, the new Bad Touch album could well be your essential album purchase of 2023.
Line Up:
Stevie Westwood - vocals
Rob Glendinning - lead guitar
Daniel 'Seeks' Seekings - guitar
Michael Bailey - bass
George Drewry - drums
Tracklist:
01. Slip Away
02. This Life
03. Spend My Days
04. Bittersweet Satisfaction
05. Nothing Wrong With That
06. Taste This
07. Tonight
08. Come Back
09. See It To Believe It
10. Dizzy For You
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