I love when one band finds your site and then tells their friends. We reviewed Trucker Diablo out of Ireland and all of a sudden Last Known Addiction out of Ireland hits us up. I loved the sounds of Trucker Diablo and Last Known Addiction is cut from the same cloth...no that is a cliched metaphor. They are cut from the same vein? Too emo, well whatever they are similar classic throwback bands.

Last Known Addiction's One Left Standing can be summed up this way: big choruses, dirty rocking guitars, and a 93 Premium octane rhythm section that all combine in a frothing sense of realism and urgency. Poison In The Water has a raw Buckcherry sound, but as you know I hate Buckcherry because they are poseurs. Never once during the review did feel Last Known Addiction were poseurs. They believe in their rock n' roll, which I can't say for those sad bloated Buckcherry assholes.

One of the best tracks on One Left Standing is Around the World. The track has a great virginal rhythm section. I mean that in the sense the vagina or ass are tight, untapped by Bruiser's thick cock. Fuck Bruiser. The oral sex head bobbing rhythm helps pull the listener through this little dessert of a song. Stephen Cairns croones us simple, understated vocal that is catchy as it is memorable.

Dirt & the Dust prove the band studied rock's roots. It is a disgusting blues power song mixed with a bit of sludge. The guitar work by Andy Baxter is thick like Bruiser and just as accessible. The guitar solo around 2:35 is a typical blues inspired solo with a wonderful swirling sound that leads back into a sing along chorus.

Baxter from song to song show his varied interests running from blues to even a Zakk Wylde pinch harmonics touch (Always Comin' Home). However, unlike Zakk it is artfully added to the song to enhance the sound instead of thrown up all over the song. In fact, I am convinced after a hard partying night of drinking, Zakk Wylde throws up pinch harmonics, but that is another story. Baxter does not and uses it to brilliantly accentuate certain parts.

Even the production quality is appropriate for the genre and style the band is going for. This album would fail if it had perfectly sculpted acoustics and production. It wouldn't seem as real raw and dirty, which would then make the band more like Buckcherry in the poseur field. The production is good, but it is minimalistic and let's the band showcase their talents. 

I don't know what is in the water in Northern Ireland, but America needs to start drinking it. We are inundated with the Glee cast, Katy Perry, and Ke$ha. We need more rock bands willing to bring this back-to-basics, simple, uncomplicated rock n' roll. I am jealous of Northern Ireland, they get Trucker Diablo, Last Known Addiction, and The Answer. 

You can go to their main site to get an idea of what the band sounds like and to find out how to purchase One Left Standing, which is well worth your money.