Philip Shouse- "Side 1" ep (Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution)

 Philip Shouse- "Side 1" ep (Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution)

An album that starts with a STONES/BEATLES storm bringer like the fast chord, beatlesque melodic "Run away from you" will definitely attract your attention. In five songs, in the most traditional yet inspired way Philip Shouse brings decades of rock tradition in a few songs. 

 

Listen to the main melody of "The naked empress" and think about THE BEATLES, THE KINKS, Swinging London but also JELLYFISH and REDD KROSS and the musical essence of the artist is here ,laying naked in front of you. Songs for the sake of the listener and not the indulgence of the artist, pop, melody, rock, guitars,all in an amalgam that stays as a tune to the listeners ears and mind hours after the listening, a sing a long, radio friendly attack that is ready for massive airplay. The more acoustic ,mid tempo "It gets better' has a more Settle/Southern rock/Tom Petty feeling and is another mid tempo crowd pleaser. "Won't let go again" is a more acoustic, LED ZEPPELIN /Middle East influenced tune with the BEATLES influence again main, at the vocals, or to be more precise, the harmonies.Closing track "Time bomb" is another STONES wanna be , full of groove and swagger rocker, a honky tonk , dirty and rocking tune that i ready to explode as the title implies.

 

 

Shouse is known for his work with ACCEPT, Gene Simmons, and Ace Frehley as a member, or touring guitarist.Now in his first solo work he presents a total different face, a far more 60s-70s oriented and definitely more classic rock oriented.His music is fresh, inspired and deserves to get to the more classic rock followers possible.

 https://wildkingdom.se/artists/philip-shouse/

7,5

TEMPLE BALLS- "Temple Balls" (Frontiers)

 TEMPLE BALLS- "Temple Balls"

Great FM Hard rock with sleaze elements and DEF LEPPARD influences that brings the full potential of these fins in the broad daylight. Already on the fifth album, they show a maturity and eagerness to rock hard and dirty that is admirable.

 

They know how to pen a tune,heavy and sleazy like the opening track "Flashback Dynamite". Glam and dirty at "There Will Be Blood", or surprisingly based on the riff we loved at "The trooper" (IRON MAIDEN) but twisted to become a new radio friendly sleaze hit at "Tokyo Love". The guys know what the arena rock audience wants and they deliver, just listen to "We Are the Night' and singalong with fists raised high.They have all the elements and they know how to combine the choruses that stick to listeners mind ,in the same way CRASHDIET used at their first two albums but with a more DEF LEP aesthetic and commercial POV. They can be heavy and make the guitars spit fire as in "Chasing the Madness" or simply write successful, groovy, melodic heavy rock, low and dirty songs like "Hellbound"and "Soul Survivor". 

 

A modern sleaze/Arena rock album full of anthemic songs, great melodies aiming to the heart and the good old 80s spirit, without limitation, just pure innovation and song crafting. Arde Teronen (vocals), Niko Vuorela (guitar), Jiri Paavonaho (guitar), Jimi Välikangas (bass), and Antti Hissa (drums). are a wild bunch with the SKID ROW virus running in their blood, multiplied by their own ideas and skills. This album marks the final recorded performances of guitarist Niko Vuorela. So it is a picture of a modern sleaze/hard rock band in its prime, nothing more than great music and even greater, catchy songs. Among the albums of the year already in its genre.

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