Track Review: Bloody Knees - I Want It All

After a year and eight months without releasing a scrap of new material, Bloody Knees finally strapped on some plasters and shared 'I Want It All' with the world.

Although it is a bit different to their carnivorous 'Stiches' EP, it still firmly retains their identity as this is undeniably a Bloody Knees track. In a similar fashion to Nai Harvest's refinement for their album 'Hairball', compared to their rough around the edges early material, the Cambridge four piece have trimmed the fat and polished their sound. The guitars are crunchy whilst frontman Brad Griffiths' voice is less hoarse and he actually sounds like the frontman of a fully fledged rock band (not the type that'll get 50 year old bald men with massive beards and biker jackets turning up to their shows though, don't worry).

The track itself is sludgy, heavy and menacing to the point where it feels like it stalks the streets late at night kicking the shit out of anything it comes across. It's slower and more grungy than their previous material when they've take their foot off the gas, like on Garbage Brain, and to put it simply, it's a bloody brilliant return.

Hopefully it won't be too long before Bloody Knees are back out on their own headline tour and if 'I Want It All' is a sign of intent, they'll be laying waste to venues across the country yet again.