Oo-er!
Back in May at the inaugural Frontiers Festival in Milan, Adrenaline Rush, and Tåve Wanning in particular certainly made a great first impression. A young, and very good looking girl with a decent voice surrounded by some young and hungry guys pulling the strings. Its a decent match for both parties that is, as a whole, Adrenaline Rush. This debut album was recorded and written under the direction of producer Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse, W.E.T). The production sounds thoroughly modern yet keeps the spirit of the 1980´s alive, with the record likely to appeal to fans of bands such as Danger Danger, Vixen, Dokken, Warrant, Treat etc
Frontiers / Adrenaline Rush certainly selected the correct song to pick as first choice for a single (Change), as its the stand out song on the debut album. A fast paced, energetic and frenetic number which ticks the right boxes - decent riff and a great chorus. Hot on the heels of the quality of Change is opener Black and Blue a modern day anthem with great structure and layered vocals adding to the experience for the listener. After Generation Left Behind the quality from here on in waivers a little; and songs like Girls Gone Wild, Hit You Like A Rock, and Want It All are easily forgotten. Oh Yeah definitely takes more than a passing resemblance to Leppard circa Hysteria era, and Playing To Win has a folky, Thin Lizzy vibe to it.
It feels like a fair few of the song titles are coming from the "iSpy bumper book of rock cliches /random title generator". Now theres nothing wrong with this as, lets face it, its hard not to replicate something from the past that hasn't already been written. Take some examples from the afore mentioned iSpy book (Vol 5 Scandi edition) – Generation Left Behind, Want It All, Too Young To Die and Hit You Like A Rock. Point proven methinks!
Despite the hit and miss nature of their debut, there is a lot to look forward to in the future as this makes for a promising debut.