Yeah Yeah Liberté is the second album released by UK garage rockers King Kool. With tracks recorded in the US and UK this two piece outfit play straight down the line. This is rock stripped right down to essentials – one guitarist, one drummer, two sets of lungs and the biggest noise possible. Plus a shedload of attitude. Loud, dirty, uncompromising and raw. you get a clear sense of the Pixies in Bring on the Godz and Whodo, while the superbly titled Ball Bag Bull is something Lemmy would feel more than comfortable with. You might also detect Souljacker period Eels in songs such as in Tattoo Too, Kingpin, and Go Yeah with their insistent riffs and distorted vocals and harmonica. But this is music that sounds mostly like itself. And behind the big-bicepped drums’n’guitar monster lurk some excellent lyrics which, as the album title suggests, have a distinct political bent (amazingly, given the album’s extremes, you can also clearly hear every word). This is from Nanny Town, for my money one of the best songs on any Donovan album. She’ll comb your hair and wipe your nose And keep you clean, yeah, keep you squeaky She’ll tie the tie she made you wear – It’s time to worry, it’s getting freaky She’s just getting me down – I can’t breathe in Nanny Town