The Urban Voodoo Machine / January Blues & Rhinestone Cowboy

The Urban Voodoo Machine / January Blues & Rhinestone Cowboy

29th January 2018 1 By John Deaux

After saying Goodbye To Another Year over the festive holiday in true UVM fashion, The Urban Voodoo Machine kick off the new year with January Blues ā€“ a bittersweet take on letting go of the past and facing up to what the coming months have on offer. On the flipside is the bandā€™s London/Soho-centric take on the classic Rhinestone Cowboy in memory of the recent passing of country legend Glen Campbell. The single marks the opening shot for the bandā€™s upcoming album 15 Shots From The Urban Voodoo Machine, which celebrates the bandā€™s 15-year anniversary and features all the UVM single releases including their latest January Blues.
Beginning with a lonesome guitar and frontman Paul-Ronney Angelā€™s whiskey drenched vocal, January Blues builds up to an chaotic climax as the rest of the band join in to create a raucous anthem for the downtrodden and ripped off. Itā€™s a mash-up of guitars, drums, upright bass, horns, violin, piano, accordion, bouzouki, Hammond organ and more.
Despite the instrumentation, Angel insists that ā€œweā€™re not Americana and weā€™re definitely not
retroā€¦ I write songs about living in London right now. Although having a s**t time, no money, heartbreak, mental illness, addiction and suppression from ā€˜the big guyā€™ is kinda universal and timeless.ā€

Looking further into the bandā€™s history, itā€™s little surprise that frontman Paul-Ronney Angel takes such a bleak view, having lost guitarist Nick Marsh to throat cancer and violinist Rob Skipper to an accidental heroin overdose in recent years. Combined with a world that looks to be heading ever faster toward Armageddon, January Blues references recent events such as Brexit and the election of Trump ā€“ ā€œHere comes the inaugurationā€¦morons sweeping through the nationsā€.
Having played Glastonbury, Download, Latitude, Bestival and Hard Rock Calling, toured with The Pogues, the New York Dolls plus received love & support from Radio 2ā€™s Paul Jones & Huey Morgan, 6Musicā€™s Gideon Coe & Chris Hawkins, the Guardian, Q Mag, Classic Rock and Vive Le Rock for their previous albums, The Urban Voodoo Machine enter the new year as one of the greatest live acts in the country ā€“ terrifyingly bizarre, hysterically funny, a riot for the eyes and sensation for the ears, determined to stand up to ā€˜The Manā€™ and overcome all negative aspects of Brexit, austerity, division, fear and the threat to live music venues across the land. Never fear though, The Urban Voodoo Machine ainā€™t going nowhere! Please check their website for their ever busy touring schedule to find a gig near you.

www.theurbanvoodoomachine.com

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