We Got This!

The New Christs (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2003)
• Original Release Date: August 5, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Smog Veil Records
• ASIN: B0000B2TOA
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,583 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #46 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > Rock

Editorial Reviews

Time Off Magazine

"We Got This!...from the outset this umpteenth incarnation of the band really kicks."

Younger's expressions are dark and wry as ever, explosive guitars and drums are crisp, clear, up front and centre.

The album I've played most the past few months, hypnotized by its sullen lyrics and the most sparkling guitar.

Product Description

Should history dictate that this really is The New Christs' last will and testament, then be thankful. The new fifteen-track album is as uncompromising as would be expected by those who have followed the band's career these past twenty plus years - perhaps more so. A venerable list of today's garage rock contenders - The Hellacopters, The Hives, The BellRays and the newest group to join the fray, The Datsuns - all respectfully acknowledge the immense influence of Rob Younger, The New Christs' vocalist. Younger first used The New Christs name in 1980, just two years after the demise of his previous outfit, Radio Birdman, unquestionably one of Australia's greatest bands.

Bad luck may have hindered both bands during their careers, but, despite that, near-legendary status has been heaped on the small body of recorded work Radio Birdman left behind. Similarly, Distemper, The New Christs' debut album is widely hailed as one of the best Australian rock albums. Radio Birdman recently reformed for a series of sold-out live shows in Australia and is rumored to have both U.S. and European tour dates in the works for 2003.

Perhaps 'We Got This! will finally and deservedly see The New Christs reap similar attention. Younger's principal live and recording vehicle, The New Christs, has seen some of Australia's best 'underground' musicians pass through its ranks. This includes members of The Hoodoo Gurus, The Celibate Rifles, The Lime Spiders, Died Pretty, The Screaming Tribesmen, The Someloves, The Saints and The Eastern Dark. Younger also fronted New Race, a short-lived supergroup featuring ex-Birdman bassist Warwick Gilbert, ex-Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton and ex-MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson.

As purveyors of intense, high-powered, melodic rock 'n' roll, The New Christs have always been hard to beat and, if We Got This! is to be the band's swan song, then they're undoubtedly quitting while they're ahead. Whatever the outcome, it is certain that there will be more to come from Rob Younger.

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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Victor is back with Wino creating a masterpiece of DOOM., September 18, 2003

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Quinten Mandryk (Edmonton, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Got This! (Audio CD)

For those of you familiar with the underground doom-metal scene, Place of Skulls should be as familiar to you as Pentagram, My Dying Bride, The obsessed, Sait Vitus, ect. If not, then hopefully this review will lead you to those bands and more if you decide to pick up this melancholic masterpiece.
Victor (ex-Pentagram) continues his (our) love for that classic Sabbath sound and puts forth on this disk enough dark, doom inspired riffs to fill a morgue. But it all comes from the soul and its so easy to recognize that his feelings are stamped all over the music and lyrics. Wino (ex spirit caravan, obsessed, Sait Vitus) helps out with guitar and vocals on a few of the songs, which only adds and improves upon Place of Skulls last release which was as nowhere as dark and moody. I could rant and rave about this powerful release which bleeds emotion, pain, and inner conflict but does so without loosing your attention or falling into a phychadelic drone, but I'll just say that if you have any love for melodic, sabbath inspired songs that reach into the soul and the truth then this is the CD for you. A much stronger CD than their previous effort that shines through from beginning to end.