Watts - The Black Heart of Rock-n-Roll (2016)

Tracklist

01. The Black Heart of Rock n Roll
02. Up All Night
03. She's so Electric
04. Strut (Like a Champ)
05. Bye & Bye
06. Stage Fright
07. Fast & Loose
08. Sunset
09. The B Side
10. Bring on the Lights

We clearly have a rock’n’roll crisis on our hands. Nobody goes to shows unless it’s some kind of bullshit festival, and everybody just keeps buying the same Pink Floyd record over and over again. Rock is in a steep decline and, who knows, maybe it’ll be as dead as disco in a few years. But the beauty of Watts is that they don’t care.

The Black Heart Of Rock-N-Roll is what rock would sound like if it still ruled the airwaves. It reeks of triumph. It’s 1974 by way of 1987, and it’s just fucking sailing through the goddamn air on golden wings, man, without a care in the world. Watts have been around, one way or an other, for decades. They are stone-cold professionals when it comes to writing hook-heavy, guns-blazing, shirts-off, hard-core rock’n’roll songs, and this album is full of ‘em. Honestly, this might be our last shot at returning to former glories, so don’t blow it. (8/10) - Sleazegrinder (Classic Rock Magazine August 2016)