Vintage Rock
Get away Song
Line Up:
Steve Overland – Vocals
Steve Morris – Guitar/Keyboards
Chris Childs – Bass
Simon Kirke – Drums
Tracklist:
Shiver
3 Steps Again
Getting Nearer
Assist Me Brother
Gypsy Of The Freeway
Damaged Down The city
Thriller Guy
Cool Hand
Again At the back of The Wheel
Movements Discuss Louder Than Phrases
All Fired Up
Blue Collar Guy
The place do I get started with this? Neatly, my listening personal tastes have modified since I started writing opinions a decade in the past. I hadn’t actually heard a lot dying steel or energy steel and I’ve grown to like each genres however there may be nonetheless an enormous a part of me that completely enjoys the ones vintage sounds of 70’s rock. I guess it’s as a result of I used to be introduced up within the 70’s so the ones sounds had been all the time at the radio.
Lonerider go back with their 3rd album and for me it’s their highest thus far. How are you able to fail with a band that is composed of former Dangerous Corporate/Unfastened/Natural world drummer Simon Kirke, the golden throated Steve Overland from FM and Natural world plus former Heartland/Shadowman guitarist Steve Morris and Thunder/Tyketto bassman Chris Childs. Let’s sit down again, calm down and let the sounds and the voice seep into us identical to we used to do.
‘Shiver’ opens with a rustic lick and Overland’s trademark ‘woooah’ ahead of they settle into a lovely bluesy curler that has a heat Hammond courtesy of Steve Mann (MSG/Lionheart) including some color within the background. It’s vintage Dangerous Co and can have been off their debut. ‘3 Steps Again’ rolls a bit of tougher and has an exquisite bassline from Childs below a spidery riff however simply look ahead to the pre-chorus, you’ll be making a song it for days. Morris brings some tasty slide too. It’s blues ballad time on ‘Getting Nearer’ the place Overland will get up shut and private with an incredible soulful vocal ahead of the refrain which will get you scorching below the collar. Morris brings out his acoustic and offers us some nation selecting at the intro to ‘Assist Me Brother’ which fits from acoustic to electrical at the refrain. ‘Gypsy Of The Freeway’ brings some natural blues and has a marginally of ‘In a position For Love’ about it ahead of the soulful pair of ‘Damaged Down The city’ and ‘Thriller Guy’. It’s acoustic and piano on ‘Cool Hand’ with an enormous nod to ‘Dangerous Corporate’ in theme. Sure, it will get rockier because it develops and is solely shocking. Let’s have some correct blues rock on ‘Again At the back of The Wheel’ with Morris bringing his slide out once more. It’s a tale of dangerous behaviour and the way it’s taking its toll. True tale? Possibly? ‘Movements Discuss Louder Than Phrases’ brings some blues/boogie ahead of the radio pleasant nearly FM like ‘All Fired Up’ then album finale ‘Blue Collar Guy’ is an excellent slice of vintage rock.
Jeez that is excellent. I in truth don’t know the way Steve Overland does it. A brand new album from FM in the beginning of 2024, excursions, a brand new album from his ‘Steel’ challenge Kings Of Mercia not too long ago and now this. They’re all tremendous top quality. Within the absence of Dangerous Corporate, Lonerider, are filling the void however – I don’t imply to be arguable – would Dangerous Co be offering up the rest as excellent as this? Let’s be content material with this completely very good album that – with a bit of luck – will turn into a vintage as it’s that excellent.
Written through: Smudge
Scores: 10/10
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