Nitrate are from Nottingham and have released three albums to date, all on different labels. I think their last album came out through Frontiers. This is their first effort and it was released on Melodic Rock Records back in 2015 on CD. This vinyl edition came out in 2021.

I thought the wombat had bitten the dust a long time ago, but I guess not. I bought this after hearing the track Crank Up The Weekend, which is a great tune with a nice fat crunchy guitar, a great groove, and not a bad hook and chorus. The rest of this album is AOR 101, a very pleasant happy vibe with melody and harmony at the top of the agenda.

Although, they are missing that one killer tune to glue it all together.

7/10 from The Grooveman.