Having a band like Gypsy Pistoleros in your life has got to be something that you should treasure, so when you hear that they are releasing a new album very soon and to top that, here at the Punksite we are the 1st to hear it in its full unadulterated glory, then, yes its exciting, but also very satisfying to be able to spend as much time as possible listening and then sharing with our readers just how good it is. This is a band that have kicked down walls, smashed those boundaries that sometimes box in so many bands in the punk scene. The music they play is a blend of Glam Punk ’n’ Roll thats for the disaffected and different of us, with lyrics that bite to the core of life on the dark side of the mind.
From the first few bars of the opener and title track ‘Dark Faerie Tale’ your knocked off your feet and spend the rest of the album trying to get back up. Its like a nail in the coffin for predictable Punk, this one song alone has it all, twisted swaggering with just enough brutality to make it unforgettable, it’s a bonfire for corpses of the bands that fall at the Pistoleros feet. The whole album is ten songs long, and with trepidation you enter each song, but it’s with joy you leave each for the next, for example ‘My One Desire To Burn It Up’ a song that strikes fear into the hearts of those who in places of power might think they are safe. This then leads into the beautiful yet unrelenting ‘King Of Almost Everything’, a white hot banger of a tune that takes everyone this band stands for and draws them under its wing, it leaves you feeling wanted, the lonely and the damned alike.
After the last two albums especially, you might have been forgiven for thinking where do Gypsy Pistoleros go now, after all both Duende A Go Go Loco and Church Of The Pistoleros were something special and so different in their whole. This is a band that have always moved on, they break the mould, they never stand still, but most of all in every album it’s apparent that their fans and followers are the heart and soul of what they do, and this album is no exception. ‘She’s Getting Stranger’ paints this picture so fucking brilliantly, its tells a story of darkness that could happen to any of us, its a hug for those who may not fit in, which in turn leads perfectly into the epic and soul defining ‘Take My Hand To Nightmare Land’ a world you actually feel like you want to be, as long as Lee Pistolero is there to guide you.
Relentless theatre is one way to describe this album, it has more twists and turns that any psychodrama you could ever fall upon, it never strays away from being daring and bold, safety is never a place where it tries to hide with songs that at every turn wrap their demonic yet friendly wings around you. I don’t want to fill this review with every inch of what this album does for the listener and what I hear, because there are so many moments that need to be listened to on a more personal level, but other stand outs among many are ‘I’m The Prince Of The Damned’, ‘Rattling’ and the final track ‘The Ghost Of Baby Strange’.
If a world was ever ready for an album like this, then this is the time, a broken world with broken people always needs a safe place to go and be themselves, this is that place. Gypsy Pistoleros have made an album that knows who you are and how you feel, with songs that reach corners of the mind you may have not known existed until now, with music that’s fearless, exciting and off the scale eclectic.
Dark Faerie Tales is due out on the 17th April via The New Church Records and can be pre-ordered here. You can follow the Gypsy Pistoleros exploits on Facebook and through their website.
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