That Petrol Emotion
's scintillating debut reminds everyone, first and foremost, what an incredible musical alliance the
O'Neill
brothers can be. Following a succession of independent singles, they settled on
Demon
for this inspired debut.
"It's a Good Thing,"
"Mouth Crazy,"
and
"Circusville"
are typical of the contents -- relentless pop hooks married to surging guitar chords, underpinned by hints of swamp blues and nods to garage rock and other mutant strains of the rock & roll animal. As naked, bold, and impassioned a record as had been heard in years. The title says it all. ~ Alex Ogg