Why haven’t Mosez been brought to my attention before? Apparently extant since the early nineties, these guys bring the noiz in triumphant style on this sadly-too-short three track EP…

Opening track Share my Pain opens up like something that didn’t quite make the cut for Bomber before settling into an awesome, tsunamic groove that resembles nothing so much as mid-nineties Entombed jamming out some unreleased Gene Simmons track written for Lick It Up. It’s a strange brew, it shouldn’t work, but my word it does!

Desert Road is a bit more straightforward; uptempo with slight desert rock/grunge overtones in the lead work of Jonas Wigstad and a chorus that sparkles with a sort of semi-psychedelic promise. Party metal for a broken generation? Yep, I like that descriptor.

The release ends with Someone To Hurt, which introduces itself with a churning, almost hardcore-inspired riff before slipping into a greasy, oil-caked groove over which Tomas Markland barks aggressively. You think you’ve got a line on where the band are going with this, but then they bolt on a, by comparison, super-melodic chorus which switches things up completely. Again, it shouldn’t work, but it undoubtedly does. Some nice lead work again catches the ear mid song.

Great stuff, then, and very accomplished to boot. Let’s hope Ghosttown garners a positive response and spurs the band to put together something a bit more substantial in the not-to-distant future – you can sign me up if they do!

Ghosttown is out now.