{"id":13258,"date":"2013-07-15T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=13258"},"modified":"2013-07-23T22:19:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T22:19:02","slug":"album-review-tyla-j-pallas-devils-supper-electric-sitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-tyla-j-pallas-devils-supper-electric-sitting\/","title":{"rendered":"TYLA J. PALLAS – Devil\u2019s Supper (Electric Sitting) (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

TYLA J. PALLAS
Devil\u2019s Supper (Electric Sitting)<\/strong><\/span>
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\nKing Outlaw (2013)<\/span>
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Tyla is the once mercurial frontman of sleazy, drunken Brit rockers Dogs D\u2019Amour, who once said, and rightly so, that Rod Stewart was a bigger punk than most of the artists claiming to be punk. And it\u2019s only natural that Rod Stewart \u2013 certainly circa the Faces \u2013 is a big inspiration in that distinctive rough, sandpaper voice of Tyla J. Pallas.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always been bemused as to how certain American bands can sell a shed load of records despite mimicking the boozy British rock \u2019n\u2019 roll sound, and yet when one of our bands does the same thing they are met with frowns.<\/p>\n

Dogs D\u2019Amour were a rough \u2019n\u2019 ready bunch of rock \u2019n\u2019 rollers who enjoyed measured success in the late 80s but, alongside The Quireboys, their brand of booze \u2019n\u2019 roll was clearly lost on the Americans who preferred the seemingly plastic swagger of The Black Crowes.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, Dogs D\u2019Amour and their frontman have marched on through the decades, with Devil\u2019s Supper (Electric Sitting)<\/em> being the umpteenth solo outing for Tyla, coming just a year after 2012\u2019s Tyla Presents… A Graveyard Of Empty Bottles MMXII<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As expected, Devil\u2019s Supper<\/em> is an earthy, grass roots sort of album, one which, as usual, is wrenched from Tyla\u2019s black and battered heart and full of blood, sweat and emotion. Certainly the sound of Tyla would be an acquired taste and those of you not knowing of Tyla or expecting a heavy metal album will be majorly disappointed, but if, like me, you\u2019re after a slab that oozes soul then this record is far more rewarding than that bird you met at the bar last night in a drunken haze.<\/p>\n

Devil\u2019s Supper<\/em> kicks off with the superb \u2018Love Is\u2019, a warm, honky tonk groove that staggers into the saloon on a woozy piano and Rolling Stones-ish guitar. But where it really shines is with those hearty horns which are injected halfway through, and of course Tyla\u2019s characteristic drool. It\u2019s a fantastically unassuming song of soul and homely joy, and a track that immediately embeds itself into the brain, before we\u2019re treated to the boogie of \u2018Long Shadows\u2019 with its pattering drum and gentle swagger.<\/p>\n

Of course, Tyla often struggles with any hint of a high note, but that\u2019s the charm of that broken throat, especially with the smoky steps of \u2018It Ain\u2019t Over Yet\u2019 and the shimmering wonder of \u2018Green Eyed Girl\u2019, with its pleasant sways as Tyla croons, \u201cBack in the summer of \u201975 when I first saw you my heart came alive, standing there in the bright moonlight I got what they meant about love at first sight\u201d<\/em>. It\u2019s another instant mini-classic that evokes images of rainy streets and old pubs filled with cigarette smoke as the horns drift in on that indolent chorus.<\/p>\n

Bizarrely, with four tracks immediately hooking themselves in, I was fully expecting Devil\u2019s Supper<\/em> to lose itself, but it never does. Tyla\u2019s unique style is not merely the only quality that enables this album to roll. The moods are defined by simple yet provocative instruments such as a simple keyboard, piano, or a jangly guitar, making tracks such as \u2018All Alone\u2019 or the twanging \u2018Judas Christ\u2019 so sincere.<\/p>\n

Tyla clearly has no need to shake a bottle in your face, when it\u2019s far easier to sit down next to him and share his thoughts over a glass of warm red wine. The 14 tracks on offer here (15 if you count the demo of \u2018Judas Christ\u2019) are so epic in stature and yet rarely do they breath beyond an acoustic ramble.<\/p>\n

The Rolling Stones-ish \u2018The Meaning Of Fortune And Fame\u2019 with its \u2018Gimme Shelter\u2019 riff is a shuffling joy, whereas the rough \u2019n\u2019 roll ramble of \u2018Yeah (I Love You Baby)\u2019 is a bluesy jig in ode to the myth of the woman; those who\u2019ve burnt down houses, broken guitars and trashed cars, but you still can\u2019t resist.<\/p>\n

But of all the heartfelt tracks on offer it\u2019s the tear-jerking ballad \u2018Ode To Jackie Leven\u2019 that really tugs at the heart strings, as Tyla\u2019s voice deepens over a swaying acoustic. Leven was a Scottish folk singer who died in 2011 and Tyla\u2019s ode is majestic with its wheezing pipes.<\/p>\n

Tyla\u2019s 23rd solo album (including demo releases etc) is a moving yet unassuming record that for me cements him in folklore as one of Britain\u2019s most criminally underrated songwriters. Anyone who calls themselves a rock \u2019n\u2019 roll fan should own at least one of Tyla\u2019s wholehearted platters, so why not make it this one.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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