If you’ve ever been to Collie in Country Western Australia then you’ll know that Sisters Doll is perhaps the band least likely to hail from there, but hail from their they do, though these days the guys are based firmly in Australia’s music capital – Melbourne.
Sisters Doll, as if you can’t tell from the cover of their second album, ‘All Dolled Up’ do Glam, but it’s a Glam that predates the Sunset Strip explosion of the late eighties – finding as much to love in elements of Kiss and the original Seventies sounds of bands like T-Rex and Sweet as it does in their later followers.
And they take it seriously – putting on a real spectacle each time the take the stage – with pyro, props, laser, smoke and lights the envy of much bigger bands. The question is with this release – have they built upon the solid foundations of 2012’s ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’? Have they retained the immediacy and the fun of tracks like ‘Dollhouse’ and ‘Isabella’?
The easy answer is yes, there’s still that youthful enthusiasm, that sense of fun and tracks of real vigour – from the harder edged title track through the Poison meets Tigertailz ‘Johnny’ to the final word on demi-ballad ‘Moon and Back’. Along the way there’s some real craft at work, though the cheesy lyrics may grate a little by the end to me its all part of the glittery package.
If you want to forget the world for a while put this on and just smile – smile at how good it makes you feel, how sweet it sounds and how it reminds you of simpler times. The case for the prosecution rests – these kids are guilty of bringing the fun back to Rock N roll.
Sisters Doll are:
B. Monroe – Guitar/Lead Vocals
Lipz – Drums/Vocals
Auzy Foxxx – Bass/Vocals
