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Diesel Park West Freakgene PERM CD29 |
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Q Magazine review by Tom Doyle - June, 1995
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Although dogged by a continual lack of any significant success and history of reluctant
label-hopping that now finds them on their third deal, Diesel Park West have seemingly
not become disheartened by their ongoing obscurity. FreakGene is their fourth album in a six year
career and finds singer/guitarist John Butler's tunesmithery skills and wonderfully expressive vocal
character in assuredly suppl form. Throughout the 15 tracks here, he fronts his bands tight, chiming
guitar rock with a confidence and a flair that rarely lets up, and displays a knack for a knowingly
wry lyric that on this occassion often in the direction of the '60s prime of Ray Davies - most
significantly in the tumblingly confessional Get Ready, and the witty attack of Hippie Gonna
Get You. With FreakGene Butler deserves to be considered a worthy contemporary of Ian
McNabb or Karl Wallinger, and is without doubt ripe for more widespread attention.
Diesel Park West
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