This Bath quartet gained a certain amount of attention initially thanks to a combination of glam-pop stylings and Darkness-style hard-rock punch. But now the novelty has faded, what’s left? Songs, which luckily Ulysses have no shortage of on their third full-length set.
‘Give me little love, give me leather gloves, give me law and order,’ they request on the title track. Oh, if you insist. Then the agreeably lascivious Bad Company-style romp Lady tells us, ‘In the dungeons of Japan, there’s a girl for every man.’ We’d dispute this factually, but as a line in a rock’n’roll song, it won’t be denied.
The similarly sleazy, handclap-tastic glam of Dirty Weekend also stands out, replete with orgasmic noises as it, erm, climaxes. But this ain’t just dumb-clever gonzo rock – songs such as Mary Jane and Crazy Horses Ride The Snake benefit from restless arrangements that continually prick up your ears with the inventive joyousness of a 21st-century Jellyfish. All told, then, it’s a fair cop.
