The 1981 Listening Post - New Adventures - Wild Cats Moanin'

 Reviewed by Tom Mottje

Released: 1981 New Adventures Wild Cats Moanin' Genre: Nederlandse Boogierock Rating: 3.7 out of 5 Highlights: Midnight Magic Maniac One Way Love The Last Of The Mohikans GENIE: I am the genie of sound - Everybody get down hooah! What is your wish? ME: Was Golden Earring's song "Radar Love" part of a whole scene in the Netherlands? GENIE: Your wish is granted! ME: Nooo, wait! No! That wasn't a wish! GENIE: Too late! Here is Wild Cats Moaning' by New Adventure. ME: Hey, this isn't half bad. A mashup of Jim Carroll, Dire Straits, ZZ Top. They're a tight boogie band! GENIE: I am the genie of sound - Everybody get down hooah! ME: Whoa, the drummer's name is Henk Torpedo. GENIE: I am the genie of sound - Everybody get down hooah! ME: Hey, the last track is a Dr. Feelgood song! GENIE: I am the genie of sound - ME: Everybody get down hooah! --------------------------------------------- FINAL VERDICT: The album starts out clean like Dire Straits but gets progressively gritty and chugging. Song titles like Midnight Magic Maniac, Highway Fever, I'm Movin', One Way Love, Gambler To The Backbone, and Cat On The Run offer truth in advertising. Check it out if you like Status Quo, Golden Earring, and Joan Jett. They sound like they would've been a great pub band.

The 1980 Listening Post - New Adventures - New Adventures

New Adventures - New Adventures 

1980 Housekeeping

New Adventures

New Adventures

Genre: Pub Rock

4 out of 5 

Highlights:

Right to Cry

Money

Backdoor Lover

If Your Momma Don’t Like It.

Back to the Pit

Well, we are opening with a cover. It’s the single “Come On”, which crackles with a Power Pop verve would set the tone for the whole record but then the second track turns hard into Americana via J. Geils Band and I’m betwixt. 

I don’t love opening with covers, it often suggests that your own material isn’t up to snuff. But, in this case, I feel more like it’s a tone setter. This is a growly Power Pop outfit that delivers, on their own tracks or even on the occasional cover, like the aforementioned and the Beatles “You Can’t Do That”. But, truth is, we really don’t know what that was like in the studio since what we have is the live version.

“Late Late Show” is what it would be like if Lemmy fronted a Power Pop band. 

Even though two of the tracks are live, we are giving this one a spin cuz, well, it’s pretty delicious at times. And the live tracks give you a sense of what this Dutch band might have been had they been able to make any headway outside of Holland. Too bad. Judging by this record, they could’ve made quite the splash.

Shame we are missing a couple tracks. That plus the live pair prevent this from being a “Discovery”.

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