CIRKUS PRUTZ – Manifesto (2025) *HQ*
Swedish bluesy hard rockers CIRKUS PRÜTZ upcoming studio album “Manifesto“ will be released internationally on April 18th via Metalville Records. The brainchild of bass player Jerry Prütz also including frontman Christian Carlsson (The Quill) are back in action with another bunch of gritty musings full of grinding rock ‘n’ roll, a journey back to times long gone. That thirsty feeling of a band playing in a saloon on a dusty highway while the tumbleweeds are rolling by.
“White Knuckle Blues” kicks off the album with an absolute hard rock blues blast to rev up the adrenaline. It just has a wonderful feel of a catchy mix of ZZ Top and AC/DC that just hits the spot. “Drinking Muddy Water” has a real whisky groove starting stripped back before the best kicks in, and boy does it with a fast paced thrumming drum beat and a rolling guitar rhythm. The solo is just a sweeping bluesy piece of genius playing and the breakdowns are just toe-tappingly joyous.
Next comes “Handyman Boogie“, and it is a sunset strip blues breakdown with sliding guitar and a retro groove, you can’t help but smile and think of sun and hard whisky. It is a raucous hard blues tune that is full of fun and a real slamming track especially when that sliding guitar lets rip.
“Walking In The Rain” takes the tempo right down, with a slow reflective style that has a slight melancholy taste to it as it holds your hand as it touches your soul in that contemplative way where you just take a moment to chill out.
“The Blues Is The Cure” is a real rumbling blues track with a rolling rhythm that just gets you foot tapping it out. The guitar solo is just beautiful, sweeping and keeps the whole track together. “Living Like A God” is a lightening rock blues track that has a pace that perfectly fits a motorcycle ride on a wide empty road and feels almost like an anthemic film track.
“Twenty4Seven Blues” is a chugging blues while it rocks along the vocals continue to rumbled through and it all kicks in so well. Great tune that just thunders through the speaker.
“Pack Your Bags” drops in a bit heavier but with that inimitable blues chug that catches you and hauls you along. A fantastic Las Vegas style piece of southern blues rock. As is “High Roller“, which keeps that heavy ZZ Top southern style. It rock and rolls its way along with an incredible catchy riff that will have you you rocking around your living room.
Finishing off the album is “Water Into Wine” is a slow toe tap of a song that just swings along in that chilled fashion that’s just pure fulsome soul up blues. A perfect end.
Cirkus Prütz have created an incredibly superb album that has fantastic re-playability, chock full with riffs and rhythms that will have you headbanging or stomping your feat in time as well as tracks perfectly suited to you sitting back in your comfy chair with a cool whisky pondering the cosmos.
Highly Recommended
01 – White Knuckle Blues
02 – Drinking Muddy Water
03 – Handyman Boogie
04 – Walking In The Rain
05 – The Blues Is The Cure
06 – Living Like A God
07 – Twenty4Seven Blues
08 – Pack Your Bags
09 – High Roller
10 – Water Into Wine
Christian Carlsson – lead vocals, guitar, harp
Franco Santunione – guitar, vocals
Jerry Prütz – bass, vocals
Per Kohlus – drums
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