Rum Bar Records [Release date 13.11.26]

You often hear a band from the 80’s or 90’s claim they are going to release a new album that will recapture the spirit or the sound of their best known work and so often it fails to do that and we are left with a feeling of mild disappointment (I know you are all now listing off bands in your head, I am too). However, this album does just that, and with aplomb. I would go as far as saying that Brijitte West and the Greenowskis’ debut album feels like it has been missing from my record collection for the last thirty years.

Starting life as a collaboration between N.Y. Loose vocalist Brijitte West and Lester Greenowski (Honest John Plain, The Crybabys) who revisited some old demos and began writing together, quickly they accumulated an albums worth of songs and were joined by guitarist Wilko Zanni who brought another layer to the songwriting and the three brought in guitarist Lorenzo Vacondio and drummer Davide Furlani.

Recorded in Italy and produced by Brijitte West, Lester Greenowski and Wilko Zanni the album gives us fourteen tracks of short, punchy songs that are full of crunchy guitars and a fine blend of punk, power pop and great rock and roll. You can hear the influence of West’s time in New York’s Lower East Side scene as well as shades of the Pretenders and Johnny Thunders, and fans of Michael Monroe’s recent albums will no doubt love the album.

First single, and album opener, “Doin’ Alright” kicks things off nicely and while “My Lower East Side”, “Shoot, Shoot, Shoot”, “Don’t Hurt Yourself” or “Sorry I’ve Been A Stranger” could be my favourite tracks one day, the next day I will head straight to “Looking At You”, “OTT”, “Kill Me It’s Saturday Night”, “Default” or the Greenowski sung “Brutta Bimba Bella”. This is one of those albums that you can leave on shuffle and just enjoy whatever comes out of the speaker. Then we have the band’s version of “All This and More”, you can’t beat a good Dead Boys cover and this is a great one.

With great songwriting and lyrics throughout, the album closes with two lighter and autobiographical tracks in “Nobody Won” and an acoustic rendition of the N.Y. Loose song “The Luckiest Girl”.

“Brijitte West and the Greenowskis” is released on the 13th November 2026 and I would highly recommend that you get your hands on a copy before the end of the day, you will not regret it. *****

Review by Nikk Gunns

Brijitte West interview

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