Exposé Online

What's old

Exposé print issues (1993-2011)

• 1 (October 1993)
• 2 (February 1994)
• 3 (May 1994)
• 4 (August 1994)
• 5 (October 1994)
• 6 (March 1995)
• 7 (July 1995)
• 8 (November 1995)
• 9 (March 1996)
• 10 (August 1996)
• 11 (February 1997)
• 12 (May 1997)
• 13 (October 1997)
• 14 (February 1998)
• 15 (July 1998)
• 16 (January 1999)
• 17 (April 1999)
• 18 (November 1999)
• 19 (May 2000)
• 20 (October 2000)
• 21 (March 2001)
• 22 (July 2001)
• 23 (December 2001)
• 24 (April 2002)
• 25 (September 2002)
• 26 (February 2003)
• 27 (August 2003)
• 28 (December 2003)
• 29 (April 2004)
• 30 (September 2004)
• 31 (March 2005)
• 32 (September 2005)
• 33 (May 2006)
• 34 (March 2007)
• 35 (January 2008)
• 36 (October 2008)
• 37 (July 2009)
• 38 (July 2010)
• 39 (Summer 2011)

The Senior Service — King Cobra
(Damaged Goods DAMGOOD490, 2018, CD / LP)

by Henry Schneider, Published 2018-06-13

UK instrumental group The Senior Service released their second album King Cobra on April 27, 2018. Fans of their 2016 debut album The Girl in the Glass Case will be pleased with King Cobra’s new collection of 13 soundtrack-inspired tunes. Be prepared to be whisked back to the days of 60s spy movies with twangy guitar, churning organ, pumping bass, and funky drums. The album kicks off in high gear with “The Contender,” a mixture of surf music, sci fi, and Brit spy movie, that recalls The Shadows’ signature instrumental “Apache.” King Cobra is a hypnotic release drawing you closer until it can latch onto you with its bite. Like the opening track, the remaining instrumentals feature surf guitar, Ennio Morricone spaghetti western themes, James Bond soundtracks, Bossa Nova beats, and tremolo guitar. Other standout tracks are the title track with pseudo sitar and tabla mixed with spaghetti western music, the James Bond-styled “Matterhorn,” the Mission Impossible referencing tune “Good Morning Mr. Phelps” that also flirts with The Zombies’ “She’s Not There,” The Senior Service’s single “Slingshot” that resembles surf guitar king Dick Dale, the brass laden latin beat of “Night of the Knives,” and the throbbing bass of “Triggered.” So beware the bite of King Cobra, this is a killer album!

---

Filed under: New releases, 2018 releases

Related artist(s): The Senior Service

More info
http://damagedgoods.greedbag.com/buy/king-cobra-2/

What's new

These are the most recent changes made to artists, releases, and articles.

• Review: Erik Wøllo - Solastalgia
  Published 2024-12-18
• Review: Jill Fraser - Earthly Pleasures
  Published 2024-12-18
• Review: Propaganda - Propaganda
  Published 2024-12-17
• Review: Paul Hanson and Raze the Maze - Calliope
  Published 2024-12-16
• Review: Radio Massacre International - Galactic Furnace
  Published 2024-12-16
• Review: The Occasional Quintet - Recording Rites
  Published 2024-12-15
• Review: Thierry Zaboitzeff - Heat (Rough Mix)
  Published 2024-12-15
• Review: Keir Cooper + Eleanor Westbrook - Star Quality - Speculations for Guitar and Voice
  Published 2024-12-14
• Review: Astral Magic - End of Time, Mind Melt Machine, Strange Sensation & Secret Paths
  Published 2024-12-13
• Review: Paul Dunmall - Red Hot Ice
  Published 2024-12-12
• Review: Actionfredag - Lys Fremtid i Mørke
  Published 2024-12-12
• Review: Arild Brøter - A Spectre of Sounds: James Bond Music Reimagined
  Published 2024-12-11
• Review: Rogers & Butler - Studio 3
  Published 2024-12-10
• Release: Lunar Mistake - Lunar Mistake
  Updated 2024-12-09 18:23:21
• Artist: Lunar Mistake
  Updated 2024-12-09 18:22:43
• Review: Uroboro - As in an Unpicking of Time's Garment
  Published 2024-12-09
• Review: Tom Salvatori - La Bella Vita & The Nylon String Guitar in Ensemble
  Published 2024-12-09