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Nutrajet

Nutrajet

 

Not exactly going by a subtle means for promotion now are they?

I opened the package and not only is everything adorned in luminescent lime green, but finding this razor blade in the piece of gum they included reminded me of a scary episode this one Halloween night many years ago.

But thankfully I'm over it now and I can gaze proudly at that cute little piece of art that now sits on my shelf next to the old AC/DC exploding golf ball!

Nutrajet has this kind of 1970's rock and roll vibe going for it-I can draw numerous comparisons except for the fact that I can't think of any. It's almost something like The Bay City Rollers, having grown facial hair, adopted a new look slightly more slovenly than we first remembered 'em in those goofy clean cut suits, and turning up the wattage a notch or two higher.

It'll have to do for now cause I can't really go far back into the seventies-all it took were a few of those old scrapbook pictures of me as a kid to surface and that was it, Immediately blocked the whole damned decade out of my mind!

Riding the crest of the early wave of seventies punk, the singer/guitarist, Greg Reinel knows how to throttle the instrument with the best of 'em-and they must love him at the local music retailers.

Interestingly, the two featured artists that make up Nutrajet, Reinel and Jeff Wood, who does certain damage to the drum kit, not only have a musical likeness to these later day British sensations Oasis, they play the same role as do the Gallagher brothers.

Personality divergence probably never worked as well as it does here-rebellious rhythms, foul-mouthed lyrics, and surprisingly mild melodies mark this impressive new release that should, if not get 'em out on the record store shelves, most certainly will find 'em in demand at the local stationers.

Power pop personified, Nutrajet will pleasantly draw you in with their sugarcoated harmonies and slick singing, then the next thing you know you're chewing on the razor blade!

Released by Disarraygun Records

Review By Vinnie Apicella