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The Charlemagnes
Three Chords and a Half-truth
(Raritan Records)
★★★★★
ROCK Royalty The Charlemagnes roll back the years on an album that's not so much a rejection of nostalgia but a glorious embrace of what lies ahead.
These nuggets, mined from their 1960s pre-punk heyday, have Benny Caution layering sax over revitalised rhythms and Marty Polpette’s sneery mid-Atlantic twang unable to disguise his vocal origins after a journey from the South Bronx to Catford. They've produced a record more relevant than any of today’s pretenders to their throne,
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