{"id":19748,"date":"2012-04-21T08:58:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T13:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=19748"},"modified":"2013-01-29T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:12:40","slug":"dennis-develin-tip-of-the-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2012\/dennis-develin-tip-of-the-tongue\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Develin | Tip of the Tongue<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Hardrock Haven<\/span>
\nStaff Writer —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"There\u2019s some music in life that is custom made for romance, for love, for candlelight interludes and Harlequin fairy tales. And then there\u2019s the music made by Dennis Develin, a flat out love-hating tat-covered ass kickin\u2019 SOB who just happens to sound like he has Lemmy\u2019s blood in his veins. On his new album Tip of the Tongue<\/em>, Develin brings you into his world of violent love, men who are so browbeaten they can\u2019t \u201cperform,\u201d sheer anger at the world around you \u2026 and of course an ode to all of the beautiful harlots of the \u201880s. Yes, it\u2019s as good as it sounds \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cAll You Got\u201d kicks things off, a nice little tale about one-night stands and giving women nicknames like \u201cHead Queen.\u201d If any of his music is taken from his actual life, Gene Simmons will be jealous. The music is as sleazy as the story, a grinding, pumping anthem with Develin\u2019s sneering gritty vocals singing \u201cGive me all you got, cuz it\u2019s been itching, down her kitchen, all night!\u201d As the song comes to a close, Develin mocks women\u2019s incessant need for marriage after fornication. It\u2019s really honest and cutting\u2014he isn\u2019t wrong.<\/p>\n

The next track continues the ravenous sexuality, \u201cBackseat Fighter.\u201d Basically, it\u2019s a song about lovely lass named Gina (pronounced Ji-na) and that tells you about as much as you need to know. \u201cShe fits like a glove, she\u2019s one of a kind, she lives for the night \u2026\u201d You can hear the idiot experts on shows like American Idol saying \u201cyou know who you are as an artist; be true to yourself.\u201d Well, if that\u2019s the key component to artistry, Develin has every other artist in the world beat.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan\u2019t Die Fast Enough\u201d is heavy \u2026 duty. It\u2019s all carnal pumping and the riffs from Jonas Roxx cut to the chase. \u201cI got a gun, I got a knife. A rope and a noose and an alibi \u2026 you can\u2019t die fast enough.\u201d Yeah \u2026 perchance all of this tainted love is creating \u201canger issues.\u201d If you are pissed at the world, turn this up to 11, thrash around, scream your head off, and use it as a cathartic way to stay out of jail. It\u2019s truly vicious \u2026 and awesome.<\/p>\n

If you thought a song like \u201cNever Let You Go\u201d would be a step back from the aggression, especially based on its mid-tempo pacing and melodic guitar leads, you\u2019d just be wrong. Develin takes the edge off his voice and opens with lines like, \u201cI have waited all my life for a girl like you,\u201d which seems positive. And Develin plays no studio tricks with his vocals; if you catch him playing live it\u2019d sound just like this final cut. It\u2019s honest, earnest singing and it matches the song to perfection. Of course, it\u2019s Develin, so the happy story ends with \u201cSometimes I hurt you; that\u2019s the name of the game. We will be together \u2026 until the end of the days.\u201d<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t fret\u2014it\u2019s not ALL dark and gloomy. \u201cLadies of the Eighties\u201d was first heard on Perris Records compilation Hollywood Hairspray 7<\/em>. When you hear the opening guitar refrain you\u2019ll be thinking \u201cSummertime Girls\u201d or something that poppy, that lighthearted and the song is all of those things. It\u2019s really a nostalgia track, an anthem about how it used to be so easy for men and women to copulate without all the aftershocks. \u201cI miss the fire; today, there\u2019s no desire! I miss the ladies of the eighties!\u201d Develin has a hell of a sense of humor too, especially on lyrics like, \u201cToday we got the Internet, and we\u2019re only touching ourselves!\u201d This final track is the bonus cut, and Develin did well by placing it on the release, if only to offset the visceral messages heard before it. While it veers far off course from tracks like \u201cCan\u2019t Die Fast Enough,\u201d it\u2019s believable \u2026 because it\u2019s about sex, after all.<\/p>\n

Tip of the Tongue<\/em> is not a carefree, summertime driving album. This is what you listen to when you walk in on your lover cheating on you \u2026 when you find out your child isn\u2019t really your child \u2026 when you are in the middle of a relationship so toxic you just want the lights to go out \u2026 and finally, when you are at a kick ass rock \u2018n roll show surrounded by beautiful, overly-hairsprayed women. The great thing about Develin\u2019s music is that it is so authentic\u2014you know it\u2019s him as soon as you hear the music. \u201cDifferent\u201d doesn\u2019t always equate to \u201cbetter,\u201d but in this case, it surely does \u2026<\/p>\n

Track listing:
\n1. All You Got
\n2. Backseat Fighter
\n3. Afraid
\n4. Can\u2019t Die Fast Enough
\n5. 2805
\n6. MF Man
\n7. Pussy As a Friend
\n8. Never Let You Go
\n9. Birds of Fire
\n10. Ladies of the Eighties<\/p>\n

Genre: Hard Rock\/Metal<\/p>\n

Label: Perris Records<\/p>\n

Online: www.develin.dk<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven Rating: 8.1\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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