Working out of Chesterfield, England, since 1989, four piece outfit The Idle Hands comprises Phil Allen on vocals, Dave Robinson on guitars, Jamie Burns on bass and drummer Simon Evans, and the music they purvey is on the rockier, heavier side of the blues-rock spectrum. Their influences range from Chuck Berry to Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page, with a marked fondness for that distinctive, guitar driven sound of the late sixties and early seventies British blues boom - and they do it damn well!

Phil is a muscular singer who has written all the lyrics to this 14 track album, some with a fine sense of humour, others deadly serious; Dave’s mightily impressive playing can run the range from down-home acoustic slide to full-blown power ballad or out-and-out (blues) rocker, and the rhythm section propel proceedings along in fine style. There is a subtlety - not a quality associated very often with blues-rock - about much of the music on this CD; it manifests itself in the carefully thought-out arrangements which ensure that the listener remains interested throughout.

There is more than just ‘a touch of the blues’ about this set, and the enthusiasm and commitment of the band is plain to hear. If the sound of mature British blues-rock in all its glory is what you crave, then here it is.
Norman Darwen
Blues Art Journal
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