PUSH ON THROUGH
“Built around a repetitive bassline and electronic sounding drum loop with the odd wash of BOWIE’s “Low”/”Heroes” vocal free adventures, Krautrock and splitting shards of guitar. There’s also, very enigmatically, a backing vocalist called Clare, who’s ambient-ish “Push On” refrain haunts the track like some wraith appearing and disappearing into clouds of smoke at will … Mr D himself, narrates a tale of urban alienation; a bleak kitchen sink, cheap coffee fuelled drive through the night-time arteries of broken Britain. Like Parklife updated for the post Brexit/Covid nightmare dystopian misery that is the modern-day UK. Pretty hypnotic and strange…not what you’d expect but all the better for it.” (Gadgie)
“A throbbing hypnotic bass line pervades the air, before adding a keyboard melody and some angular post punk guitars, ad a vocal that sounds like IAN DURY has joined SLEAFORD MODS and you’re about there with this hypnotic alternative fucked up caffeine fried road song.” (The Ginger Quiff)
“Remember those scenes of the iconic 1976 movie Taxi Driver with that desperate guy character called Travis (played by living legend Robert De Niro) wandering around in his taxi at night in the mean streets of New York City looking for clients? James Domestic has those kind of long, companionless car drives too, not in a dirty town but rather on one of those endless roads in the country with ‘Push on Through‘ on the radio. A fitting moody Sleaford Mods-like jam on a raw roll. Motored with keyed-up organs, screechy guitars, and observing rapping. Loneliness in motion.” (Turn Up The Volume)
“The freshly released track sees him build an epic pop song around a hypnotically repetitive bassline, one that’s sprinkled with raw post-punk guitars and organ melody. Push On Through also features the additional vocals of Clare Gillett that provide a smooth counterpoint to Domestic’s rough London tones... Anyone that regularly drives long distances in the early hours will feel an affinity for the lyric.” (The Punk Site)
“A simple, steady drumbeat, deep bass and stabs of repetitive keys take us on a long drive through the night. James’ droll, weary voice describes the monotony: endless roads, bad coffee, terrible food and the observing of other lost souls going about their mundane, darkly curious lives – a world where “hedgehogs burst like party balloons“. The spoken verses are broken up by the languorous, soothing vocal of Clare Gillett on the chorus, the overall effect curiously hypnotic… not unlike Baxter Dury‘s dry intonations set to sparse musical backdrops, at six minutes long, Push On Through impressively swerves overstaying it’s welcome. Repetitive it may be but there are enough tweaks and treats to hold your interest. Grab another coffee, Domestic!” (Personal Punk)
"Renowned for persistently nagging and challenging hardcore boundaries in a host of varied bands and projects, James does so again with Push On Through revealing itself a whole new proposition in sound and invention…James has become one of the most familiar voices and irritants upon the world in the British hardcore scene yet the hand of unpredictability has fuelled every moment of his songwriting and creativity…Push On Through takes the imaginations on such a haul. An electronic bassline draws ears first; its singular lure a repetitive and hypnotic pull throughout the tarmacked regularity of the track. In turn, keys and guitars cast their own suggestive incitement with James soon in the midst narrating the experience. So, with two tracks greedily under the skin, the first James Domestic solo album, Carrion Repeating cannot arrive soon enough." (The Ringmaster Review)