If you like your rock how you like your whiskey—unadulterated and smooth-pouring—you’ll easily acquire a taste for the low-down and dirty bluesy melodic grooves of Beatdown Saints. With a unique ability to tie your soul in knots when the vocal lines ascend atop of the guitars which pour gasoline over the tighter-than-a-straitjacket instrumental arrangement, All The Sinners is a reminder that rock doesn’t need a reinvention when it’s played with this level of conviction.
Taking cues from the Black Crowes, Grateful Dead, and Gov’t Mule, Beatdown Saints don’t just tip their hats to blues-driven rock—they make it their own with raw energy and jam-band spontaneity. The powerhouse trio of Mike Setzer, Todd Kasper, and Marc Berger deliver a sound that’s as unapologetically fierce as it is fluid, built for both smoky barroom stages and festival spotlights.
With Setzer’s road-worn experience alongside legends like Mike Pinera and Jack Russell, Kasper’s hard-hitting drumming pedigree, and Berger’s incendiary guitar work, Beatdown Saints refuse to play it safe. All The Sinners is a full-throttle showcase of their ability to walk the line between tight musicianship and the reckless abandon that keeps blues rock alive.
Save your rhythmic pulses from damnation and hit play—All The Sinners is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.
Review by Amelia Vandergast