Album Review: King Salami And The Cumberland Three – Kiss My Ring

It will probably surprise a fair few people few that “Kiss My Ring” is the fourth full-length studio album from London-based rhythm ‘n’ blues garage rockers King Salami And The Cumberland Three, one that follows up to 2017’s “Goin’ Back To Wurstville“. Their latest full length features fourteen tracks that are a mix of their own compositions and an eclectic choice of cover versions, whist King Salami And The Cumberland Three take their influences from the 50’s and 60’s, rather than being an anachronism this album is a fresh look at the sounds that shaped the music we now know and love.

Kicking off with the album’s title track, King Salami And The Cumberland Three initially come across like the bastard sons of The Sonics and The Trashmen, this is wild primitive garage punk that draws it influences from the eclectic garage compilations such as Pebbles and Rubble, albums that are widely documented as being a major influence on the first wave of punk bands. “Kiss My Ring” is an album that is designed to be the soundtrack for wild times, drinking and dancing, as such this is an intoxicating and hedonistic album that hits the spot with fourteen shots of primitive rhythm and blues.

King Salami And The Cumberland Three are a band that represent the best of multi-cultural London, the band’s members have a mix of Caribbean, French, Japanese and Spanish heritage and “Kiss My Ring” is an equally diverse hybrid of elements, rock ’n ‘roll, soul, surf, blues, rockabilly, garage and punk are all present in the eclectic melting pot. Forget about the novelty name and the double entendrè of the album’s title, this is feel good rock ‘n roll that has one foot placed firmly in punks 60s garage origins.

“Kiss My Ring” can be pre-ordered via Damaged Goods Records here