So JACKNIFE HOLIDAY really are a raucous little bunch aren’t they? They always seem to be getting into scrapes and seem to be trying to live the rock n roll lifestyle but sometimes falling a little short. The EP name itself suggests this as Mea culpa is a Latin phrase that translates into English as “my mistake” or “my fault” but what of the music?!

ITS GREAT, All of the boxes are ticked… The hell bound vocals, the groove and stomp that can be expected from this type of blues soaked sludge, its all covered. From the brilliant crazed evil of track ‘Just a Kid’ to the eerily familiar riffage of ‘Bad man’ its a damn good effort from the Northern troop and the production is grand too, not suprising as the mixing duties have come from Matt Richardson (Bastard of the Skies) and the Mastering duties from Dennis Pleckham (Bongripper).

The only complaint i would make is that it is lacking the sense of humour that many great sludge bands have. I personally find that a grand thing about this particular genre is that bands really must be able to laugh at themselves and not take it all too seriously from classic bands like WEEDEATER and IRON MONKEY to modern sludge newcomers like TRIPPY WICKED and THE BENDAL INTERLUDE they all like to take the piss a bit and its that (alongside the killer tracks) that works so well!

You can ORDER YOUR COPY HERE from the bands bigcartel alongside some AWESOME additions!