Black Diamond Heavies - A Touch of Someone Else's Class

Filthy, just filthy dude. The type of dirt that comes from the back corners of hole-in-the-wall bars underneath the pinball machine. Just grimy. A pig in shit would be jealous of the sound this album emanates. What the Black Diamond Heavies are doing with this album is slapping you in the face with realness. Organ, drums, and scratchy vocals(an understatement really, more like the sound 30 years of smoking Marlboro Reds will give you)...and that's all. Whats so great about this album is that amongst all the sooty tones, there's actually a good amount of feel good rock and soul to note. You can't help but bop your head from side to side while listening to Everything is Everything, or even get sucked into an emotional whirlpool with Bidin' My Time. A Touch of Someone Else's Class is the groups second album, and is produced by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach(very interesting, you can almost hear his influence). All in all, a great record that I think you should check out. Go to a place where compact discs of music are sold or shared and buy it, or borrow it. Who am I kidding? Support the guys, buy the damn thing. Buy It.

Track 2 - Everything is Everything


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