Junkyard Drive - Through The Door

There’s a lot to be said for just cracking on with something. Household chores, a 9-to-5 job, exacting revenge on the people who left you for dead - sometimes keeping things simple and just knuckling down is the way to go. Those teenagers who hit you with their car aren’t going to hunt themselves down, are they?

It’s what makes Danish hard rockers Junkyard Drive so intriguing and beguiling as a prospect. After listening to a few tracks, it’s easy to paint a mental picture of the ease with which they go about the business of rock and roll. Tipping up at the studio, a beer in each hand and babes around their necks like particularly leggy scarves, to crash through ten tracks in an hour to make time for the really important parts of being a rock star.

But then something like Through The Door pops up in their discography, run through with technical intrigue (and an honest-to-goodness cowbell!), and suddenly the picture where once was only old-school standard is streaked with complexity. A particular shade of paint that forces you to look closer and see what the thing you’re peering at is actually all about. Maybe I - I mean, the guy those teenagers ran over - deserved it after all, you know? 

So it’s a best of both worlds pick this time out. If you like your rock big, loud and true to form, Junkyard Drive might be the group of people banging on metal and wood to make noise you’ve been looking for. But if you’re looking for a bit of depth to proceedings, you’re in luck too - it ticks all those classic rock boxes and then carries on doodling on the paper for good measure. Sure, there’s plenty to crow about when a job is done efficiently, by the numbers. But once in a while, the winding road provides an option to take a look at things through a new lens. Just make sure you keep an eye out for headlights.