The Highdrators - Let's Get Drunk & High (Vapor Trails)


The Highdrators formed in lockdown, consisting of past and present members of notable riff-heavy bands in the UK underground, ultimately coming together to sound nothing like the bands that they've congregated from. That's what enjoying yourself and making music's about though, right? You would surely get bored making the same sounds day in, day out. You can hear the fun coming out of your speakers that these musicians are having in their new project. Sometimes, amongst heavy musicians, we forget what having a good time's all about. 'Let's Get Drunk & High' is the second song from The Highdrators, and is a real raucous, rebellious, rowdy, rock 'n roll rager.

With an irresistible punk swagger and rock n' roll piano tinkling in the background, it's hard not to smile and bop along as you listen to the unpretentious 'Let's Get Drunk & High'. You wouldn't have thought that the track features Siân Greenaway from Alunah as a guest vocalist, who is better-known for beautiful, ethereal melodies in her main band, a far cry from the gritty snarls here. During the solo, the lead guitar lines at times phrase themselves almost in a way that Brian May might do, were he playing three chords in a grimy pub. If the song didn't sound unashamedly old-school already, this element truly makes the song sound like it's straight out of 1977. And the vocal melodies just stay rent-free in your head for days. Are you singing along to the chorus by the end, or were you just not listening at all? I don't need to spell out what the lyrics are about.


Who could have predicted that members of Vodun, Limb, Uncle Acid and Alunah would come together and produce such a brilliant, carefree, punk banger?

Are we getting drunk and high or what, then?

MN

The Highdrators: Bandcamp

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