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Album Review: The Dirty Earth - Autonomic

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The Dirty Earth are heavy, psychedelic and above all unpindownable

In a scene currently rediscovering Sabbath, Autonomic emerges with a healthy dose of stoner rock songwriting and textures one might expect from a You Am I or Skunk Anansie album. Mandy Newton’s gravel-tinged vocals command the listener as the band flirt with the occult and rock’n’roll in equal measures. Dance With The Devil is a juiced-up, pub rock headbanger, while DNA Blues wouldn’t be out of place over a Sunday arvo coffee. The Dirty Earth are heavy, psychedelic and above all unpindownable — the necessary ingredients that may make them the new lords of doom rock.