Filthy Angels

Ni rockers’ debut is good clean fun

Edwin McFee, 01 Aug 2012

Funded by fans of the band via the Pledge scheme, LAFA is the debut album from Fermanagh-based rock band Filthy Angels and it’s a loud and lairy slab of wax that wears its Wildhearts and Almighty influences on its tattered, leopard-print sleeves. Opening with the caffeine bomb that is the suitably snotty ‘Borderline Mind’, the record is packed with sleaze-laced licks and classic choruses. Admittedly, songslike ‘Lie Down & Die’ would have benefitted from a better – read more expensive! – production and sometimes the rawness can hamper the impact of a few of the hooks. But, over ten tracks, the quartet have crafted a solid debut that’s both filthy and fun. A short, sharp, and welcome shock.

Edwin McFee

hotpress.com

• News
• Music
• Free Music Friday
• Features
• Politics
• Movies
• Comedy
• Lifestyle & Sex
• Audio & Video
• Photo Galleries
• What's On
• Hot Press Books
• Shop
• Competitions
• Hot Press Covers Collection
• Messageboard
• Industry Listings
• Archive
• Caught In The Net
• Buy Hot Press Back Issues
• Activate Hot Press Gift/Hot Box

Blogs on hotpress.com

• Celina Murphy: The C Word
• Anne Sexton: Sexed Up
• Roe McDermott: Screen Lover
• Rob Smith: Footbal El Mundo

Additional Sites on hotpress.com

• The Music Show
• The Jagermeister Freezer Sessions
• Hot Press Rock Photo
• The Philip Lynott Exhibition
• The INEC Homegrown Sessions
• HTC One Hotpress Photojournalist
• Genre Free Compilation
• MIX 13: Music Industry Xplained
• Shoot To Thrill: Make a Hot Press Cinema Ad
• Other Voices
• Best of Ireland
• The Big Break
• Hot for 2013
• Josh Ritter
• Eoin Glackin
• Bitter Rocc

Contact Us

Hot Press,
13 Trinity Street,
Dublin 2.
Rep. Of Ireland
Tel: +353 (1) 241 1500

Email:info@hotpress.ie

Click here for more contact information.

Click here to find out more about Hot Press

Hot Press always welcomes feed back so if you've got something to tell us click here.

Advertise With Us

For more detail on how to advertise with Hot Press click here or call us on +353 (1) 241 1540