Wow, that title.
Once the preeminent glam rock band with a bunch of top 10 hits, barely 10 years later and these guys don’t know who they are or what they want to be.
Hence the title, which is the most ordinary, rote chukka-chukka I’ve heard in a while.
I mean, 10 years. That’s nothing, right? Apparently, it’s an eon in music.
I don't know if they are chasing trends but that's what it sounds like. Songs like "Two Into One" could be Oingo Boingo or The Cars. And not just melodically, but also copying Ric Ocasek’s vocal style. It hurts.
The riffs are replaced with driving staccato Power Pop 16th notes. Which one might think I would love but...I just don't.
Ultimately, songs like "Falling In Love" sound like 3rd rate Ozzy knock offs. But, "Strange Girl" is the closes to the late 70s ELO inspired Sweet that we have come to know.
3 out of 5
ASide: Falling In Love
BlindSide: Love Is the Cure
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