Th press release tells a familiar story the world over “New album, Tail End of a Hurricane, is released on 7th May 2021, and is preceded by the feel good tune ‘Rock Kids of the 80s’ on 5th March. Rock Kids was recorded late 2019, with a view to getting the album out early 2020…… but as we know, the world changed!”
With an album every two years since 2011’s ‘Devil Rhythm’ Northern Ireland’s Trucker Diablo has been releasing quality Hard Rock for a decade now, all with a punk infused Hard Rocking style that never fails to deliver.
Opening with the road anthem ‘BTKOR’ (Big Truck Keeps on Rollin!) I’m glad to report that despite a covid delay in the delivery of this one the dirty rhythms that set these guys apart from the pack are all present and correct! Even covid it seems can’t keep this Big Truck from rolling…
Indeed the opening of this album might be the most impressive yet with that crunching opener followed by the resilience anthem ‘I Am Still Alive’ that takes a look at Covid and how we’re going to come out the other side. Then comes the single ‘Rock Kids of the 80’s’ is a huge uplifting anthem that namechecks everyone from Rick Springfield to Crue and Billy Idol. It all makes a rather welcome and impressive return.
The ten tracks that follow all have their own merits and the crunching guitars and soaring choruses keep on coming, Other highlights have to include the smooth, feel-good catchiness of ‘Set the Night on Fire’, the great rolling groove of title track ‘Tail End of the Hurricane’, and the Punky energy of ‘Insects.’ Add to that the classy melodic rock of ‘The Edge of Tonight’, the wonderful storytelling about life choices that is ‘Woodstock to Vietnam’ and the epic guitar dominated closer ‘Bury the Ocean’ and you have a classic in the making and arguably Trucker Diablos best yet! (though competition is fierce).
Take a long ride on the Big Truck and crank up the volume!
8.5 / 10
