A glistening benchmark for melodic rock excellence for the reason that mid-80s, FM were admirably prolific within the years since their eagerly won re-formation in 2007.
Outdated Conduct Die Exhausting is their 8th post-return studio document, and prefer Synchronized (2020) and 13 (2022) it defies the perception that bands of this antique idly telephone in some new subject material yearly or two. Impressively, singer Steve Overland continues to confound commonplace sense via sounding each bit as soulful and vivacious as he did again on the band’s vintage debut Indiscreet 38 years in the past.
At the likes of slick, shuffling opener Out Of The Blue and the radio rock opulence of Bounce Of Religion, his vocals are obnoxiously nice, as FM salute their earliest emblems whilst pushing a extra recent edge.
Conversely, the sun-kissed, bluesy pop-rock of California and the glitter-ball strut of Blue Sky Thoughts are delicate however inventive swerves clear of the norm.
Fucking magic.
