These Norwegians released their debut album back in 2005, but for some reason it took more than eight years for them to return with a follow-up, although there have been some singles and plenty of gigs in between. They have supported Def Leppard, and there are definitely some similarities between the bands although these guys do have a slightly darker almost Emo element to them, and I found there was more than one instance where I was being reminded of My Chemical Romance. This is all about providing arena style singalong numbers, where everybody can join in and have fun, and the only issue for me is that although I smile and nod my head while listening it is soon forgotten when the album has stopped.
It is polished, but in some ways it feels just a little too so, as if they have been working closely to a formula and have lost some of the soul and heart that needs to be included. That they are very good at what they do is never in doubt, and it is a fun little album, but there isn’t enough here to inspire me to keep playing it repeatedly.
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