Why does what this Finnish cock rock band does on this album work for me, while when Ghost does this, it doesn't?" I think a great deal of this has to do with context and are the achieving what they set out to do. Metal is just a color in the crayon box after all how metal was this kind of thing when it first came out in the 80s, if you were not there then I will answer this for you... not very. These guys are fun they combine synth wave retro 80s synths with a Def Leppard sound. Olliver Twisted got his start in the glam band Crash Diet. There is no claim being made here to be dark or heavy. In fact they shamelessly delve into pop on the second song, but the vocal hooks are catchy and everything works as they are not trying too hard.
"Outrun" might push the pop envelope too far for my personal tastes and comes across as too happy. "Kids of the Arcade" is pretty catchy but barrows from bands like Foreigner and Journey perhaps too heavily. They have a pretty solid cover of "Bark at the Moon". As much as I love solo Ozzy, I am going to judge it harshly and they pull it off. "Like a Cobra" is weird as it feels like it is from a musical. "For the Love of Good Times" is just too happy for my taste buds, though the verses work the chorus is where they lose me. "89 Sparkle" could be a Katy Perry song. I mean for pop, it works. It feels more Katy Perry than Miley Cyrus to me, but I can also hear Miley singing this if I think about it hard enough.
"Future Lover Boy' finds everybody working for the weekend. The chorus is not my favorite on the album. Their singer is really good at holding back on the verse and then going bigger on the choruses/ I compared them to Ghost earlier, and he is twice the singer than Tobias is. If their was any justice in the world these guys would have the success that Ghost has as they are better songwriters. I like the synth groove driving the last song but the melodies around it are their most inspired. I will give this album a 9 it is a lot of fun, not sure how much I will listen to it, but they have carved out an interesting palce for themselves as a band.
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