It might be my birthday, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't write up a bunch of CDs that have been occupying my CD player and iPod for the last week or so. I am sorry for the lack of columns, but I was bereft of a connection to the web for quite a few days while I changed ISPs to one that actually was broadband and worked.
CD Reviews
Gary Hughes: Veritas
Gary Hughes, lead man of the band Ten, has quite a solo career as well. This, his latest collection, is vintage Hughes. Oddles of catchy melodies and choruses, this is the sort of thing that would have been in the charts in the 80s. Think Richard Marx before we went off the boil or Brian Adams at his best.
I am sure this will go down a storm in Japan. It's pleasant and competent hard rock done with oodles of talent and aplomb. I am sure I will return to this CD time and time again, just as I did with his last solo release.
You will enjoy it and find yourself humming the choruses for many days to come. Hughes has talent, of that there is no doubt, and this CD just serves a reminder.
Seven Tears: In Every Frozen Tears
Heavy rock with oodles of keyboards is the fare on this disc. If you think that Europe at their heaviest was great, then you would probably like these guys. We are talking the normal hook ladened hard rock you have come to expect from this sort of band. It's quality stuff that merits turning it up and enjoying the quality.
You can't fault the talent on this disc. Yet another band to explore if you like your heavy rock with keyboards and a great deal of passion. Well done to Frontiers for introducing everyone to this band.
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