Band : The Atomic Bitchwax
Album Title : The Local Fuzz
Label : Tee Pee Records
Distributor : Cargo - Suburban
Release Date : 09/02/2011
Review : CD

Well, I was really anxious about the new The Atomic Bitchwax (you gotta love the name)-album.. After listening to it for a few times, a musical gem of highest class is revealed to the patient listener. From the day the great, but less charismatic Finn Ryan replaced the equally great but very different Ed Mundell as their axe hero, The Atomic Bitchwax had been edging away from the underground Captain Beyond meets MC 5 on acid sound of their first trilogy of albums and toward a more accessible, traditionally classic up tempo rock sound. As their latest albums couldn't really convince me 100 per cent, I am positively surprised this time.
The Local Fuzz deserves at least your initial attention for one important reason: It’s a 42 minute non-vocal song and is full of alternating fast and slow sections, with most musical themes getting reprised somewhere along the way. Several parts still give me the same adrenaline rush as when I listened to them for the first time, several weeks ago and I don't see myself getting tired of the album any time soon. The Local Fuzz feels like a song/album that has been stunningly crafted and perfected down to the very last note. Everything fits together and feels right. The Local Fuzz isn't very accessible at the first try, especially due to the complex ferocious leads, electrifying twists and turns and the surprising jazzy and spacey guitar parts, but I will leave the rest for your own discovery. Get the album. Be amazed and entertained.
It’s early but The Local Fuzz already is my contender for riff rock album no1 of 2011.

95/100

Cosmicmasseur.

Classic Rock proudly presents TEE PEE RECORDS 2011 European Tour featuring:THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX with NAAM, QUEST FOR FIRE and MIRROR QUEEN!
April 5    Wiesbaden, Germany        Schlachthof
April 6     Vienna, Austria                 Arena
April 7     Würzburg, Germany         Cafe Cairo
April 8     Dresden, Germany           Groovestation
April 9     Hohenstein, Germany       Schützenhaus
April 10    Berlin, Germany               Magnet
April 11    Hamburg, Germany          Molotow
April 12    Marburg, Germany           KFZ
April 13     Dortmund, Germany        Piano
April 14    Tilburg, Netherlands   * Roadburn Festival (feat. THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX, NAAM, QUEST FOR FIRE)
April 15    Jena, Germany                   Rosenkeller
April 16    Salzburg, Austria                B. lack
April 17    Millstatt, Austria                 Bergwerk
April 18    Maribor, Slovenia                Dvorana Gustaf -Pekarna
April 19    Torino, Italy                        United Club
April 20    Brescia, Italy                      Latte & Live
April 21    Luzern, Switzerland            Sedel
April 22    Winterthur, Switzerland       Gaswerk
April 23    Weil der Stadt, Germany     JH Kloster
April 24    Paris, France                      Nouveau Casino
April 25    Rotterdam, Netherlands       Baroeg
April 26    Antwerpen, Belgium            Trix
April 27    London, UK                        Underworld 
April 29    Athens,Greece                    AN Club
April 30    Siegen,Germany                 Vortex