Kerbdog: "On The Turn" (Fontana)

ROCK/POP: By Kevin Courtney

The second album from the Kilkenny band Kerbdog finds the
boys expanding their influences well beyond the
neighbourhoods of Nirvana and Metallica. Yeah, there are still
some Metallicisms in evidence on Severed and Pledge, while
Sally boasts a typical Kurt-style intro, but most of On The Turn
is a well-executed take on a genre which has spawned more
second-rate grunge-rats than the Seattle sewer system. The
sea-change in Kerbdog was signalled by last year's J.J.'s Song,
which is included here, and the transformation continues with
the recent single, Mexican Wave, a tune which surfs along on a
crunchy-cereal riff before racing into a breakneck chorus.



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