Ancona, Italy-based Garage/Blues Rock Band Gentlemens Return with Third Ferocious Full-length TRIAGE (Hound Gawd! Records)
As many of you may well remember, Gentlemens/The Gentlemens are a frantic young Garage/Blues Rock band hailing from Ancona, Italy. I believe, a number of years ago, Gentlemens' guitarist G.F. AKA Giordano Baldoni found us on Twitter and started frequently sending the band's music; at that point, they were unsigned, but we eventually, ended up publishing a comprehensive feature on The Gentlemens' sophomore full-length, HOBO-FI, released on Pisa, Italy-based Area Pirata Records back in 2016. Now, just about three years later, Gentlemens have returned once again with their third full-length entitled TRIAGE, this time, however, on German imprint, Hound Gawd! Records, as "powered by" Rough Trade Distribution. Since HOBO-FI's initial release, Gentlemens nearly trekked across the "entire Boot," as well as two European tours in just one year with stops in Switzerland, Germany, France, and Spain for a total of about 75 dates, plus, opening for The Oblivians on the Italian leg of their 2018 tour. As previously stated within our HOBO-FI feature a few years ago, Gentlemens still evoke Iggy & The Stooges, The Rolling Stones & The Black Keys on TRIAGE; although, in my "humble" opinion, there's a bit more feverish Punk/Hardcore vibe this go'round, reminiscent of The Cramps and even The Witzard favorites, Spiritual Cramp.
Hound Gawd! Records fittingly describes Gentlemens' TRIAGE as "11 prime cuts of raw Rock "N" Roll" and had this to say within their on-site album press release: "The album collects and [mixes] the experiences and troubles on the road made by the band, since the last released record in 2016. [Starting] from the roots and the diving board of Garage Blues, the trio dips into influences and contaminations that make TRIAGE more personal and surely, more characteristic published by the band. The band injects Blues, Punk, Rockabilly, and 60's Garage with their own amplified fury." G.F. Daniele Fioretti & Paolo Fioretti recorded TRIAGE at OUTSIDE INSIDE STUDIO with Matteo "Matt" Bordin (Mojomatics, Squadra Omega, The Spookies) & Gianluca Turrini (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, One Dimensional Man) following their extensive tours across "The Boot." TRIAGE was later, mastered by Andrea de Bernardi at Eleven Mastering Studio with artwork created by Veronica Coltellacci. So far, Gentlemens have unleashed one proper single/music video from TRIAGE, "John Q. Public Blues," as directed by Michele Formica, but starring actors Riccardo Balestra & Olivia Spadolini, rather than G.F. D.F. & P.F. Gentlemens' TRIAGE is currently available to stream on their Soundcloud page with limited edition vinyl and CD packages currently available directly from Hound Gawd! Records' online store.