The Bookhouse Boys - I Can't Help Myself [single]

Black Records

November 14, 2008, 05:32 PM

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With no less than nine people making up The Bookhouse Boys (this does actually include one female), you wouldn’t really expect anything other than a cacophony.

‘I Can’t Help Myself’, taken from The Bookhouse Boys self-titled debut album, is three minutes of frenzied entertainment. Sounding like a strange hybrid of country, surf and punk rock, The Bookhouse Boys have created a sound which sets them miles apart from the hordes of guitar-based bands that currently dominate the music industry.

The Bookhouse Boys have been receiving critical acclaim left right and centre over the past few months, and this track is indeed testament to the praise that they’ve been given. ‘I Can’t Help Myself’, embraces the old and turns it into something fresh and accessible. With cited influences ranging from Johnny Cash to Adam and the Ants, the song really does reflect the fact that there are nine different people, all with different musical tastes contributing to it.

Paul Van Oestrens distinctively dark vocals permeate the track, but the fast-paced nature of the song ensures that there is no melancholy to be found here. In fact, quite the opposite. It’s fun, addictive and toe-tappingly irresistible.

The frantic lyrical delivery, pounding rhythm and punkish elements of the song make it one of the most catchiest tracks around at the moment. Like it or not, ‘I Can’t Help Myself’ is guaranteed to get stuck in your head for hours on end...

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