Released on 20/08/07
Label: Dirty Water Records

For a gang of ladies who want to "Rock'n'roll all night and party every day", there nonetheless beats a romantic heart at the centre of The Priscillas' day-glo world. For sure, all of the band's hallmarks are present and correct - riffs so crunching, hard-driven and downright filthy that even The Hives would break out in…er…hives, the sassy, switchblade smiles, Jackie O's make-up tips and the Russ Meyer-approved proportions.

But this tale of super-powered true love is as deliciously soppy as it is enervating. The sense of fun created by The Priscillas is writ large over "Superhero"'s 240 second and those who find tales of teeth flossing and tea making delivered in a third rate glottal accent acting as a form of rock'n'roll kryptonite are advised to make with all haste to this three-chord Metropolis for an extended stay. Up, up and away!

    by Julian Marszalek