If White Stripes married Modest Mouse and had a baby with surrogate mother Mars Volta, then the baby would be named Archie Bronson Outfit and he’d be lisping “derdang derdang” in the cool shade of his carousel as he’s wheeled repeatedly around the blues-rock neighborhood.
Did that personification make sense? It doesn’t have to — if you’ve liked any of the aforementioned music, you’re going to like ABO. Crossing delirious rifts with drum beats that drive your feet to rapture, this UK band plays blues-rock with torturously sweet seduction.
Singer Sam Windett croons, grouses and groans his songs to shrugging percussion and hysterical guitar jams, with occasional smatterings of lullaby-soft acoustics to ease the dance-weary. Get down with their sophomore album Derang Derang and get swept up by their live show this Saturday, where they pull the best of their tenor-treated lyrics and tempered Southern gothic songs to get you jiving.
Archie Bronson Outfit performs at the Casbah on Oct. 21.
