Yet another blast from the past band who never quite made it back in the day. This collection came out in 2022 but the songs were laid down originally between ’87 and ’90. It seems to be a thriving business for small boutique labels to dig up some lost recordings from bands that only their local following will have heard of and then hyping them as the best unheard band ever.
The line up varies from a three piece on the first three tracks and then it expands to a five piece for the rest of the tracks. That tells a story in itself because the early recordings have a bunch of melody, but what drives them is the harder edge of just a three piece where the lead guitar playing from Gary Ryan is really good.
My favourite song is Danger Face, a great track with a big hook and great melody with added special sauce guitar. The whole album has that demo vibe about it and it’s crying out for a producer to guide them, especially with some of the vocal parts because the basic music is really good in parts.
6.5/10 from The Grooveman.
