After their first album 'Cruzh' in 2016, the Swedes of 'Cruzh' release their second studio recording 'Tropical Thunder' with a new singer since it is now 'Alex Waghorn' who took the place of 'Tony Andersson' and 'Matt Silver' is now the regular drummer. At first, with 'Tropical Thunder', we think that the style has slightly hardened because we embark on energetic melodic hard-rock in a train of hell but the following title, 'We Go Together' is more measured with an addictive chorus that comes to be grafted directly in the head to never leave and 'Turn Back Time' continues in this more AOR atmosphere that we knew on the first album with a new addictive melody. The rest of the album is full of melodic hits that could all be the subject of a single with 'Are You Ready', strongly reminding 'Def Leppard', but also with the mid-tempo 'New York Night' with its very eighties choirs or with 'All You Need' which has nothing to envy to its predecessor, the rest of the album bringing the same listening pleasure thanks to heady choruses. And when the lights get dimmer, the Swedes offer us a real jewel with the ballad 'Cady' that I directly added to my playlist of ballads here and that makes you wish it was accompanied by another one of the same style. In short, the Swedes of 'Cruzh' confirm that they are part of the top of the melodic AOR Scandinavian style which should make many fans of rock and melodic hard-rock turn this 'Tropical Thunder' in loop... | |
