Love this one! Imagine a band that takes as primary influences early Whitesnake, Hughes Coverdale era Deep Purple, Free and Bad Co and ends up like a more guitar oriented Cry of Love with a touch of Badlands and Zeppelin – sounds like you thing? Well the good news is that this is an album for you – the bad news is this is simply a remaster of the record you should have picked up seven years ago when it was released in May 2014! The good news is the mix sounds great here so if you’re late to the party grab one now as well as the just released second album – the imaginatively titled ‘II’…
Opener ‘The Sun Will Shine Again’ is all you really need to hear to make up that mind but the rest is all Classic 70’s sounding fare. We don’t normally review remastered records but this is definitely worth a listen from the groove of ‘Feather In Your Hat’ replete which huge keys, to the real hard rock and roll of ‘Out Of My Mind’ all the way to ,the bluesy ‘Drive Me Crazy’ (love that guitar) and the more reflective ‘These Shoes’ and its touch of early Whitesnake.
There’s plenty more to love here though with ‘Dirty Little Secret’ soulful and easy on the ear, ‘Blue Eyes’ too has a wonderful Black Crowes feel with that swell of keys whilst the stripped back sounds of ‘On My Way’ is one of those wonderful songs that builds into a swirl of sounds. It’s maybe my current favourite here.
Great Bluesy Hard Rock. A real class act…
8.5/10
Tracklist: 01 The Sun Will Shine Again, 02 Feather In Your Head, 03 Drive Me Crazy, 04 Out Of My Mind, 05 Dirty Little Secret, 06 Poor Boy (Long Way Out), 07 Dangerous Highway, 08 These Shoes, 09 Blue Eyes, 10 Still Rainin’, 11 On My Way
Line-Up: Keith Slack – vocals | Chris Lyne – guitar, backing vocals | Frank Binke – bass | Alessandro Del Vecchio – Keyboards | Zacky Tsoukas – drums