Staying true to their gritty, Detroit roots, the Dirtbombs produce their fourth full-length album of charging, soul-tinted garage rock with We Have You Surrounded. While frontman Mick Collins’ blasé, talking-vocal style and repetitively simplistic lyrics could use some fine-tuning, the rough-and-tumble dual drum/dual bass line-up more than makes up for it, impressively kicking through all 12 of the album’s tracks.

Review by Kelsey McArdle

Posted Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 6:45 pm and is filed under Reviews. The opinions expressed in music reviews are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of WIUX or any of its other volunteers.