After returning in 2016 with 'Fire And Gasoline' and 'Diamond Baby Blues' in 2018 followed by a beautiful live 'Power, Soul, Rock n'Roll - Live in Germany' in 2019 (listen to this magnificent cover of 'Mistreated' at the beginning of the concert), the Canadian 'Leer Aaron' comes back for our greatest pleasure with a new studio recording and, the least we can say, it's that these 12 compositions smell good of a direct and efficient rock with always as much overflowing energy. One is thus embarked and this as of the first title "Vampin" in this involving rock which cannot put you in form for all one day. This communicative energy, we find it in 'Soul Breaker' and its rhythmic to take off the head by dint of headbanging or in 'Cmon' and its catchy melody or in 'Mama Don't Remember' full of groove or in 'Radio On!', slower but with a new addictive rhythmic or in the catchy 'Soho Crawl' and its enjoyable woowoowoo. The blues/rock is not forgotten with nuggets like 'Devil's Gold', 'Had Me at Hello' or the heavy but so effective 'Great Big Love' without forgetting 'Russian Doll' close to the rockabilly. And to finish, the two tracks 'Wasted' cut in two between ballad and blues / rock energetic and the ballad 'Twenty One' complete in a beautiful way this magnificent album with two remarkable vocal performances of Lee.
In summary, 'Lee Aaron', surrounded by talented musicians, continues to offer us albums that can be enjoyed from the first to the last track and this last 'Radio On!' is still the perfect illustration of this which destines it to a wide audience liking to navigate between rock and hard-rock direct with catchy melodic lines from the first listening... | |
