The Wild!
‘Still Believe In Rock ‘N’ Roll’
(eOne)
7.5/10
Canadian road dogs The Wild! return with a floor-filling third album, the aptly titled ‘Still Believe In Rock ‘N’ Roll’. The bands own AC/DC comparisons stomp across the opening cut ‘Bad News’ which motors down a deserted Heavy Metal blvd while the satnav desperately requests a U-turn in order to reach the band’s natural destination, Castle Donnington, circa 1984. This is good-time, bad-time Rock ‘N’ Roll record, simple but effective and armed with a few sparkling nostalgic twist and turns. Next up is the ‘Crazy For You’ which kicks ‘Hot For Teacher’ in the ankles before delivering the “How about we knock one out” lyric. It’s a dirty little ditty. ‘Nothing Good Comes Easy’ shamelessly flicks the switch before ‘High Speed’ hitches a ride on the Lemmy express. The Eighties smog continues to settle for another raise ’em up anthem ‘King Of This Town’, think knee slides, lizard tongues and the drummer flicking the horn sign. Sunset Strip imperfections are celebrated on the addictive title track which crosses Faster Pussycat, The Almighty and Airbourne to devasting effect. As Rock songs go ‘Still Believe In Rock ‘N’ Roll is an absolute blue-chip banger. ‘Playing with Fire’ has one or two more cliches than required as the band fly towards the Southern-style Rock while ‘Young Rebels’ is an anthem that won’t resonate with either the band or it’s fan demographic and although it’s fair tune it’s just a tad too obvious. The final duo ‘Goin’ To Hell’ and the almost a ballad but not quite a ballad ‘Gasoline’ both bathe in the sweat of bands from decades past. ‘Still Believe In Rock ‘N’ Roll’ is a catchy, cliched and a leather trousered dry-humping oil-smeared slice of good old, never out of fashion Rock.
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