Cats in Space – Kickstart the Sun – 9/10.
I can honestly say that this band is AWESOME, there i
said it, stunning vocals exceptional song writing, playing that suits the songs
and doesn’t disappear up its own arse in a sea of widdly widdly! I discovered
the band with their Scarecrow album and members have changed slightly over the
years, but the quality of the band simply grows and grows, the only downside to
this brilliance is that the world has dumbed down to cookie monster vocals and
de tuned riffs they simply don’t have an understanding of this level of
excellence anymore, I know its not everybody’s cup of tea but godamn it’s so
bloody good, but why only a nine, well a perfect score is reserved for perfect
albums and although its really good its not quite perfect although it does try
and try bloody hard! The only complaint I have is that its simply too many
songs, and its not that the songs are poor but people’s attention spans kind of
wanders, a lot of those classic albums are in the 35/40-minute mark. What songs
would I pick I have no idea I have rocked this album everyday for the last 9
days and different days bring different moods, it’s a minor bitch, this
deserves to be huge as do the band, long may they reign and yes, I can’t wait
for the next one!
John Norum – Gone to Stay – 5/10.
I had seen a few reviews for this album and it got me
thinking it could be good, and while there are a few good ideas I hate the
vocals, I hate the David Bowie cover (I’m not a fan of Bowie to be honest I would
have preferred the laughing gnome now that would have been good)I have most of
his solo albums but in all honesty it simply didn’t float my boat I’m not going
to witter on about it, if it was a school report it would say “could do better”
lets see what he delivers next go back to what you were doing when you started
playing classic bloody rock music!
Lonely Robot – A Model life – 8/10.
I enjoyed the first three albums that had a loose
concept running through them, the forth one I though the quality dropped, maybe
John Mitchell was simply spreading himself I little thin, I approached this one
with a degree of trepidation, I needn’t have worried, the quality has returned
and its not what most people would expect, I love it, its not rock, its not
metal, its something just a little different, and its all the better for it, again
it’s not instant, it takes a few plays but it bleeds into you, some nice
atmospheric touch’s weird piano bits and simply sprinkled with magic.
Kings of Mercia - Kings of Mercia – 8/10.
This one came from leftfield simply because I thought Steve
Overland was simply singing one song, but no he does the whole album, I liked
it at first but thought, it should have been someone different as the main
vocalist, but no the more I played it the more it made sense, and I enjoyed it
more and more, with Jim Matheos as the main man backed by Joey Vera (Armoured Saint
and Simon Phillips on drums (who has played with everybody, just do some
research) it’s a good solid album that gets better with repeated plays, go on
give it a go you might be surprised…..I was1
So a bloody surprise that its all new music, and I already
have the next bloody blog prepped (WTF) so read play some of the music you never
know you might just like it, so until
the next one stay safe stay alive and until then …..Toodles.
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