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“I just kind of realised who we are as people and our DNA was that of a bunch of lovable, silly dudes, that love to make music.” ‘Nuff said really. In the current age of a different hashtag each week, you could easily take offence at some of the tracks on ‘Tasty Nasty’. Maybe that’s the appeal of the Detroit outfit? They genuinely don’t care who they offend. In some regards, it’s almost like the Bloodhound Gang attempting to make a comeback. On ‘Act My Age’, Nicefield sings about his formative years and getting up to all the shenanigans that every pre-internet teenager pretended that they got up to.”I was barely legal when I first got laid, I had a fake ID when I was in eleventh grade”. Imagine Jay from The Inbetweeners writing a song? ‘Act My Age’ is that song. Same with ‘Like A Baller’. The tale of a car valet with delusions of grandeur is a flashback to ‘Inbetweeners 2’ when it turns out that Jay is just the toilet attendant and not the club owner. There’s a lot of bluster on ‘Tasty Nasty’; ‘My Hustle’ is pimped up like a Sacha Baron Cohen caricature , it’s so over-the-top that you might end up perplexed about who the joke is actually on. Wilson always had the frat-boy party ethos about them; their website is called houseoffuckery.com after all. Their social media handle is @wilsonparties, so why would anyone be surprised at their lyrics or subject matter? What is surprising is the total change in direction that Wilson have embarked on. The full throttle Metal-ized Wilson that featured on the debut album, ‘Full Blast Fuckery’, gave way to a more straight ahead hard rock sound on it’s follow up, ‘Right To Rise’. For this, their third album, Wilson go for the rock-rap sound that was prevalent in the ‘90’s. Kudos on totally re-inventing themselves. I can appreciate that they might have felt that by rehashing previous output they would be compromising their integrity… or maybe it’s not even as deep as that, and they just needed a fresh start. Some of the funkier moments miss the mark. ‘Money (Money Money Money) is insipid and the latin-tinged ‘Spanish Coffee’ is forgettable, but, ‘Tasty Nasty’ is not without its highlights. ‘Dumptruck’ slams, and the closing trio of ‘Fuck Up My High’, ‘House Of Fuckery’ and ‘Everyone Gets A Round On Me’ end the album on a high. Perhaps that is more of an issue with the pacing on the album? The middle part of the album drags, and suffers from an over-reliance on the watered down rock-rap that acts like Crazy Town and Sugar Ray spewed out in the ‘90’s, and OPM in 2000. I don’t mind hip-hop or rap, Cypress Hill and Funkdoobiest are both killer live acts, and the intensity of an Ice Cube gig is something that everyone should witness. Who knows, perhaps the middle section of the album will sound better live? Wilson are an incredible live band. They battered the UK when they opened for Halestorm, so I’d still buy a ticket the next time they passed through. ‘Dumptruck’ and ‘Fuck Up My High’ should sound massive in a sweaty, darkened rock club. ‘Tasty Nasty’ is available August 24th, more information here. Review: Dave]]>
