ANDREW W.K.
Panic over: Andrew W.K.’s back in white
GodIsPartying
NAPALM
Michigan’s Party God switches his allegiance
NOTHING IN LIFE is certain, save for death, taxes and Andrew W.K. wearing a white t-shirt. Wait. He’s wearing a black t-shirt. Oh shit. Recent photos of the self-proclaimed Party God flaunting an expanded wardrobe had fans worried. Then came Babalon, a hulking, Mercyful Fate-flecked track with Andrew waxing biblical about Greek deities, topping it off with a Halford-worthy falsetto wail. Not exactly ‘party’ vibes. If you checked out after 2001’s I Get Wet, you’d be forgiven for not recognising him today. The euphoric, lairy shouting is pretty much gone, replaced with a mixture of croons and trad-metal vibrato. The obnoxious, major-key mixture of punk power chords and plinky, almost childlike keys has dried up, too.