This German quartet have decided that it is time for glam rock to make it way back to centre stage, and perform wearing make-up, platform boots and glitter costumes. Singer/guitarist Alia Spaceface has obviously been inspired by Janis Joplin and Maggie Bell, and when looking back into the original glam period, musically it is with Stone The Crows they are most often going to be compared with. They certainly don’t come across as a German act, as this is early/mid Seventies British music, with just a little bit of Americana thrown in for good measure. Of more modern bands, then they do have more than a hint of The Darkness about them, but given they had similar inspirations that is probably not surprising.
But, although this is an okay album, it’s never really anything more than that. Not all the songs hit the mark in terms of hooks and originality, and some are just boring. Also, it is obvious that they are pushing Allia and her vocal approach very much to the fore, and although she has been inspired by Janis and Maggie, she doesn’t quite have the chops that they had, so the music suffers at times. But, I wouldn’t discount this out of hand and would imagine that live these are an interesting band to see.
