Launched through: Earache Information
Liberate Date: September twenty seventh, 2024
Style: 80s influenced AOR/Melodic Rock
Hyperlinks: https://sammillarmusic.bandcamp.com/album/more-cheese-please
Tracklist:
1. The Killing Ground
2.Fooling Your self
3.One thing I’ll Be apologetic about
4.When the Summer time Ends
5.Chardonnay
6.Showbiz
7.Disregard You
8.Dancing On My Personal
9.Deja Vu
10.Neanderthal Guy
11.Meet Me Midway
Again in 2023 I reviewed the debut album of SAM MILLAR, who’s a musician/songwriter/manufacturer from the Better Manchester, England house. The unique album used to be known as Extra Cheese Please, and only in the near past he signed to EARACHE RECORDS, whom made up our minds to re-release the album as Digital Summer time. The album additionally underwent a brand new contemporary remastering, so it sounds even higher than the unique unbiased CD launch. Sam was within the FRONTIERS RECORDS signed band BIGFOOT, however sooner or later went solo and now handles all of the guitars, songwriting, vocals and manufacturing on his personal, so he’s a real all-round musician. Survive level he’s joined through different musicians, however in this CD he did the whole thing on his personal. Anyway, even though Sam is a tender musician who used to be no longer alive within the 80s, his tune is clearly on the subject of the 80s pop/rock sound.
The Killing Ground opens the album, and proper from the beginning you already know you’re onto one thing particular and truly excellent. That is mainly picture-perfect hookladen uptempo catchy melodic poprock/AOR love it used to be achieved 40 years in the past! All of the sides and substances are to be had right here, and because of the fantastic mastering of the mythical JON ASTLEY (ABBA, COREY HART, TEARS FOR FEARS, TOTO, and so on. and so on.), the sound is very good and vintage purest AOR/Melodic Rock/80s poprock oriented. The refrain of this opening reduce is fatal catchy, the keys are properly prematurely once they want to be prematurely, and the hovering guitarsolo and sax on the again make this a real winner for fanatics of that catchy vintage mid-80s AOR/Poprocksound of let’s say THE OUTFIELD, HONEYMOON SUITE, HAYWIRE, RICK SPRINGFIELD, LOVERBOY, and so on. and so on. It’s unbelievable to listen to any individual so younger doing it precisely proper, as a result of that’s what Sam is doing all all the way through the album. Fooling Your self is big-time mid-80s uptempo AOR all of the method, even reminding of AVIATOR and URGENT! Despite the fact that it could sound a little bit polished, keyboardfriendly and lighter than the standard FRONTIERS RECORDS releases, that is indubitably the actual deal, kinda reminding me of the primary time after I heard the band MAGIC DANCE about 10 years in the past (ahead of they went during the Frontiers production-line and turned into simply some other usual AOR/Melodic Rock act).
Anyway, One thing I’ll Be apologetic about is a poppy midtempo radiofriendly quite trendy sounding pop/rocker that are meant to cross down smartly at the radio if performed steadily. The tune in reality jogs my memory of recent Dutch acts like THE VICES and SON MIEUX, so it will have to ensure them successful over right here whether it is picked up through both Radio Veronica or NPO Radio 2! When The Summer time Ends slows issues a little bit additional down right into a poppy trendy path (with nonetheless an 80s contact) that even remembers a little bit of HARRY STYLES! Chardonnay units issues directly once more, even if that is nonetheless slightly poppy, but it has that 80s uptempo Poprock sound all of us love such a lot. CHESNEY HAWKES meets RICK SPRINGFIELD can be a description right here, so the cheese is indubitably provide right here! Showbiz follows a identical path, whilst Disregard You has a sorta 70s THE SWEET glamrock contact.
Dancing On My Personal is as on the subject of the 80s as you’ll be able to get, in a sorta pace that jogs my memory of ELTON JOHN’s I’m Nonetheless Status, POINTER SISTERS’ I’m So Excited or HALL & OATES, so it’s within the radio pop 1983 path. Most likely a little bit too poppy for the AOR fanatics, it’s indubitably a catchy little track that might do smartly at the radio. Déjà Vu has a Synthpop/Wave way, but nonetheless with the 80s AOR/Pop sound, kinda like KYLE VINCENT if someone recalls him! Neanderthal Guy alternatives up the 80s uptempo keyboardriven Melodic AOR/Poprock sound of RICK SPRINGFIELD once more, and shutting monitor Meet Me Midway is a really nice 80s uptempo melodic AOR/Poprocker within the KENNY LOGGINS‘ Threat Zone taste (but with a bombastic trendy radio-pop refrain). Sam is but even so a excellent singer additionally slightly a perfect guitarplayer who performs numerous very good hovering guitarsolo’s at the album, one thing you may no longer understand when you’ve got a handy guide a rough concentrate, however after a number of occasions taking part in this nice album you’ll be able to listen that Sam is in reality a talented musician. The brand new model of Sam’s debut album sounds in some way rockier than the unique album, which makes it possibly extra fascinating to the melodic rockers amongst us. As an advantage in this re-release, we’re spoiled with 3 new songs, that are reasonably cool synth (Déjà vu) and instrumental variations (The Killing Ground and Meet Me Midway) of three of the songs. Concluded, it could all sound too excellent to be true, for the reason that 80s are by no means nearer than in this new CD, so Sam indubitably nails it!
If you happen to admire 80s acts like THE OUTFIELD, COREY HART, RICK SPRINGFIELD, URGENT (USA) and numerous others, and also you don’t thoughts a contemporary unfashionable contact as smartly, then you’re going to definitely revel in this beautiful first album of Sam!
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