OK, I swear I don’t plan these, sometimes things come into my inbox and I feel the need to write about them. Recently, I came across the UK-based garage rock band, Loud George and it hit me like a tonne of bricks. It’s been a while since I’ve dipped my toes into the DIY-filled world of underground garage rock. Of course, there are always bands that self-produce their music, but I’m talking about something entirely different. I’m talking about that raw, unfiltered power of just some friends that crash their instruments and shape the sound into a wall of sonic energy. That’s what I get from this album. The latest self-titled effort from Loud George hits with the weight of a thousand amplifiers. The influence of bands like Dead Boys , The Meat Puppets and Butthole Surfers lives on in bands like this. This album is best described as controlled and chaotic. On first listen you might feel that it’s just erratic for the sake of being loud. However, on repeat listens you find a particu...