The Zac Schulze Gang

Straight To It is a fitting title for the Zac Schulze Gang's debut studio album: the trio doesn't mess around with niceties, preferring to play the kind of blues-infused rock'n'roll that grabs your throat and doesn't let go.Soon, the Zac Schulze Gang established a reputation as road warriors. By the middle of the decade, they played upwards of 250 gigs a year, touring throughout Europe and the UK, sometimes playing clubs, sometimes snagging prestigious gigs like opening for Eddie 9V, Samantha Fish or a slot on Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival in Los Angeles in 2023. All this hard work, combined with the 2023 EP Made of Three and 2024's Live and Loud, helped the band win the Best Emerging Blues Band at the UK Blues Awards in 2024. The following year, the UK Blues Awards named the group as Young Artist of the Year.Produced by longtime associate Ian Sadler, Straight to It finds the Zac Schulze Gang poised to break out of Britain's blues scene. They remain dedicated to amplifying tradition—witness "I Won't Do This Anymore," a high-octane houserocker graced with greasy harmonica from Nigel Feist—but the record is proof that the trio are hardly revivalists pining for yesteryear: they're a dynamic, aggressive outfit that exists entirely in the now, making some of the most exciting rock'n'roll around.