I Could Sleep for a Thousand Years by Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody.

I first came across Adam Franklin and his battered guitar playing live in the wonderful Sophia in 2005. It was clear that the guitar, if not the man, had been on the rock and roll motorway. A non-wikipedia check revealed that Adam had spent the nineties fronting the powerful Swervedriver as the main guitarist and singer. In 2000, Adam went solo and created Toshack Highway but they lacked a bit of power in front of goal and the partnership name was ditched with the release of his first album as Adam Franklin in 2007. I Could Sleep for A Thousand Years is Adam’s third album and now credited in the title are his Bolts of Melody band. This excellent album rocks along like old Swervedriver stuff with a couple of large Rhone corkers in Yesterday Has Gone Forever and I’ll be Yr Mechanic opening proceedings before slipping into melodic, Franklin Furmint contemplation with I Want You Right Now. You are nearly reaching for a Mourvedre driven Bandol as a

couple of sombre pieces follow before you are rescued by the assertive Spent Bullets. Ok, even though Adam sings about the Endless Summer this isn’t barbecue backing music and so open the Domaine Tempier anyway. Buy Adam’s album from the super friendly Second Motion Records.