One of Canada’s best melodic rock bands who seem to fly under the radar compared to all the others. They are not the most prolific that’s for sure, they only released three albums in the 80’s, album number four appeared in 2013, and they put out two live albums. This is the latest one from 2023 and it released as part of RSD.
Although this is live, the album opens up with two studio tracks: It’s About A Girl and Heavens On The Other Side. One track with Carl Dixon and the other with Andy Curren on vocals, both proving what great songwriters they are.
I’m a huge fan of the first two albums and they are featured heavily in this set. We Got The Night kicks off the live portion and what a killer uptempo groover to get the crowd going. They follow that with She’s Gone, and that is what makes this band so cool. You get the more straight groover first, then the weirder Andy Curran tune slides on in. I LOVE the Curran tunes because there is that slight dissonance to them which bounces perfectly off the clean groove of the Carl Dixon tracks.
This is a really cool freakin’ album chock full of killer tunes and it’s worth buying for the Side D alone with Don’t Say Make Me, Devils Deck, and Monkey Bars. Surely the bands best three tunes (what about Fallen Angel?).
Definitely no overdubs here and it sounds superb. Go on treat yourself!
9/10 from The Grooveman.
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