Label: JK Rec/Music Buy Mail 2012
Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom
They're promoting this as the new project by former Jezebels Kiss members Azriel St.Michaels and Byron Black? Excuse me but are we supposed to nod and smile in agreement as to say, yeah, kick-ass band? But what if you're hardly familiar with the rather obscure and dare I say unheard of hard rock act and their background story? Your fault? out of touch? Fair enough, simply point me in the direction of their success and we'll soon catch up by reading their internet bio of the past. What? No? could have fooled me.
There's the Hydrogyn connection since their guitarist Jeff Westlake is responsible for the six-string as well as producing the album. The first four tracks are all stuck in the typical early nineties dull melodic rock with merely a hint of sleaze 'ala any record by Drivin N Cryin, Bulletboys, etc. The slightly "modern" rock approach of tracks such as "Above The Stars", "Butterfly", "Cut", and "Arms Of Suicide", are actually a lot better. Darn nice and more in the vein of any former Dokken members' side project or the solo efforts by Jeff Pilson.
I'm especially fond of the "Cut" song with its clever lyric and hypnotic beat. The ballad song, "Without You", clearly inspired by "With Or Without You" by U2 and Bono must be pissing himself for not thinking about this version. Seriously though, it's a nice little tune and so what if you're listening to a dodgy version of U2 fronted by Jeff Pilson.
Who ever wrote the press-release should be shot immediately for this sentence alone and I quote, "Their infectious rhythms will keep you screaming for more and leave your girlfriend pregnant long after the last notes have faded", end quote. I'm actually lost for words (speechless, no?). Miscalculation, misjudgement? The hurling cascade of vomit and puke is most likely due to not agreeing with the music and not because of your dillusional mind. Final verdict: Not bad, not great, skip the first four tracks.
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