Damn Vandals – ‘Bayonet’ (Sexy Beast Records)

London residents Damn Vandals met through a shared interest in high quality graffiti art. As it turns out, these guys can play guitars and sing far better than they could ever spray paint. Don’t try and find this in your local treasure trove, as this ‘Bayonet’ is only available through major download sites, I think they are going to be busy.
The band is made up of Jack Kansas from Reading on vocals and guitar, Frank Pick from Oxford on guitar, Adam Kilemore-Gardens from N Ireland on bass and Chris Christianson III on drums from Sheffield, via Switzerland. Geography lesson aside, the reason I am detailing Damn Vandals is that ‘Bayonet’ is a great song, blues tinged guitars with a great vocal, like others that have gone before and still remain the likes of Lloyd Cole, Edwin Collins, Nick Cave, I won’t go on it would be unfair, colouring expectations, but this track would be on my end of year compilation and it’s only April. Just give it a listen. Quality. 8.3/10
Steve Janes