Berlin-based Speaking Is a Gun dives headlong into rock 'n' roll with "Nothing Ever Tasted So Good," the band's first full-on rock release. It hits like a sudden realization triggered by a sense of taste. In less than four minutes, they dish out a fire dream of love, lust, and haze that somehow comes across as unmoored and poetic.
Powered by a breakbeat rhythm section that won't stay still, bassist Max Prieß and drummer Damian Baran provide a groove that pops, cracks, and rolls behind a rhythm guitar as fevered as the feelings it's based on. Above all, frontman Florian Begenau spits out rap-inflected vocal lines like midnight confessions you scream into raw and ecstatic in equal measure. His guitar solo in the song's back third is a howling, untamed cry of emotion that reads like a love letter doused in flames.
The lyrics are blissfully added. Love here is a sensory flood. There's something primal, joyful, and ever so slightly unhinged about this ode to infatuation. It's a headrush of super-charged sensations, warped reality, and novel experiences that taste somehow better than life before.
Pulling from Chili Peppers's funk, Stones swagger, and a Chuck Berry by Berlin snarl, Speaking Is A Gun can pin old-school soul to new-school havoc. Mixed by Leonard Vaessen and driven through a 1972 Marshall 100 Lead, this is not just a track you hear but one you feel. This is what it sounds like to fall in love and lose your ever-loving mind. And it never tasted so good.
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Reviewed by LyricalOdyssey Music
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April 24, 2025
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