With a desire for spontaneous play and simple songs, the dirty dozen was bagged in just four days. "It's easy when you lose control", "With Me" provides the album slogan to start with. So simple, so stirring, it's clear: "You can do those things with me!" As servile as the slave who is later sung about, the band submits to surprises like the almost balladesque "Wrong Side of the Tracks" or "Long Road" - best teenage romance ? la Ramones or New York Dolls. Even the grumpy label boss is raving after the first listens to the 12th Lombego album: "Tony sings to his old days like a young dog! But despite all the sentimentality of old companions, Tony's riffs still cut through even the thickest guitar walls - and the rhythm section never grooved more beautifully and tightly, in all tempos. Speed fans will be happy about the title track and will shake their heads when they hear "I Ain't Gonna Calm Down" or "Ready to Move": Nomen est omen.?2018 The Lombego Surfers sound like a band from the pre-punk era - irreverent, determined and so exciting, it's as if they had just invented this music!
