meltheads

Meltheads are four young dogs from Antwerp who go to the bone with loads of talent and just as much drive and swagger. Propelled by a metronomically tight rhythm section and driven by a sharp and virtuoso guitar, Meltheads spits infectious garage, clever post-punk and fascinating cold and other wave, which is indebted to The Chats, Amyl and the Sniffers, Gang of Four, Wire and, yes, De Brassers and Aroma Di Amore. Frontman Sietse Willems, the incarnate bastard of Jim Morrison's charisma, Robert Plants sex appeal, Iggy Pop's fury ánd the bare bark of all three. Their live reputation buzzes through the Low Countries like a running hour, and those who have already seen them at work know: these hungry wolves storm a stage as if they are going to play the last show of their lives.