Diesel Park West + John Butler Q&A with Paul Sexton
We at the Sound Lounge are genuinely thrilled to welcome Diesel Park West, one of the finest and most underrated British rock bands in memory. They'll be playing songs from their fine 2024 album Presley Trap, including the Talking Pictures TV Heritage Chart hit 'Wonder (Just A Word)' and countless catalogue gems such as 'Jackie's Still Sad,' 'When The Hoodoo Comes,' 'All The Myths On Sunday,' 'Bell Of Hope' and the magnificent 'Fall To Love.' And as a special bonus, fronman John Butler will be in conversation on stage before DPW's set with Paul Sexton.
Diesel Park West could well be the biggest enigma in UK music. Their brand new album Presley Trap brings their tally to the partial miracle of 11 official releases. Miraculous if only because media interest and by association public awareness of them has pretty much been minimal since the initial brief upbeat reaction to their debut album Shakespeare Alabama in pre-Roses 89. No real hits, and hardly ever on any promoters must-have list, they have nevertheless carried on being what they are which in reality is purveyors of some of the most sublime and crafted rock 'n' roll of the past 35 years if not even further back.
Seemingly immune from the vagaries of trend, they appear to have waited knowingly for sensibilities to come to their own station, and while no one would have guessed it back in the day, they may well have done just that. Presley Trap lets us all in on the secret of song craft wrapped up inside an indomitable spirit which this band are quite possibly near to the best we have.
We just don't seem to hear songs that can touch as much as 'The Wound That Doesn't Heal' or swing like the autobiographical 'Bump In The Night' and 'Six AM Two Coffees In' anymore. The Diesels go beyond mere suggestion to deliver in real time with these 15 tracks and will have their own piece of the field real soon. You see.
"One of my favourite bands, period. Saw DPW at their recent gig at West Hampstead Arts Club and they were as great as ever. Please don't miss this" – Paul Sexton, music journalist/author and Sound Lounge patron
