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Album Review: The Delta Riggs - Active Galactic

Dylan Stewart
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"Jagger with all the swagger."

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It's nigh on impossible to open up Surgery Of Love, the first cut from The Delta Riggs' second full-length, and not be swept up in a wave of Rolling Stones-sounding nostalgia.

Elliott Hammond's voice channels Jagger with all the swagger, and the percussion and rhythms that throb throughout Active Galactic are pure rock'n'roll, pushing you, pulling you and if necessary dragging you through the record's 13 tracks. There's cheek - Baddest Motherfucker In The Beehive - and cheer - Stay While You Run Away - and all throughout a confidence that The Delta Riggs know they want to be a big fucking deal.