SIDEBURN – Electrify (2013)
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Swiss hard rockers SIDEBURN have been putting out solid albums for quite a while now. With the arrival of three young and talented new members last year in Mike Riffart & Lawrence Lina on guitar and the imported Aussie bass player Nick Thornton, Sideburn have gained energy and freshness to compose the new album “Electrify” released today via AOR Heaven Records.
Sideburn must be doing something right as one of their songs was used on the red band trailer of the movie ‘Hit & Run’, and other has been chosen by 20th Century Fox as part of the soundtrack from the summer blockbuster ‘The Wolverine’.
The music in “Electrify” is simple yet efficient hard rock with powerful riffs, smart & catchy chorus lines and generally has an old-fashioned air that makes the overall effect quite enjoyable from start to finish.
The album opens with furious “Bite The Bullet”, “Bad Boys, Bad Girls, Rock’n’Roll” (title says all) and continues in the same manner till “Black Powder” that tone it down for a bit with slower rhythm, then “Mr. Clean” rises the kick back again. The CD is a good mixture of faster, energetic tracks and slower but still rocking tracks.
“Travellin’ Man” and “Never Get Down” add some bluesier touches, “Shady Katy” is a bit cheesy but catchy as hell, and although you may hear the influences of AC/DC or countryman Krokus all over the album and Rose Tattoo (especially on “Destination Nowhere”), even Angel City on “Devil May Care” and “Bad Reputation”, Sideburn brings all those influences nicely packed and arranged with a personal flavor.
“Electrify” really justifies the name, all tracks are quite energetic and filled with life. Guitar solos only add to the electricity and they are bursting with feelings and heart.
This CD version of “Electrify” includes the bonus tracks “Lazy Daisy (live)”, “Never Kill The Chicken (live)” and “Rockstar”, the latter wrote and recorded as special theme song for the German Adidas Rockstar event where Sideburn was chosen as ‘band of the evening’.
In “Electrify” we find the guys of Sideburn performing rockin’ songs crafted on the Hard Rock distillery of the simple but passionately played riffs which along with the some catchy choruses make it very pleasant to listen to, especially if you are a fan of this type of Rock ‘N’ Roll.
Everyone in Sideburn is an excellent musician so there is no musical note getting wasted and, after being combined with the shiny and at the same time ‘edgy’ production (the whole thing was mixed by afamed Beau Hill), becomes appealing to wider audiences.
Recommended.
01. Bite The Bullet
02. Devil May Care
03. Bad Boys, Bad Girls, Rock’n’Roll
04. Black Powder
05. Frontline
06. Never Get Down
07. Mr. Clean
08. Shady Katy
09. Travellin’ Man
10. Bad Reputation
11. Destination Nowhere
Bonus Tracks:
12. Lazy Daisy (Live)
13. Never Kill The Chicken (Live)
14. Rockstar
Rolland Pierrehumbert – Vocals
Lawrence Lina – Guitar
Mike Riffart – Guitar
Nick Thornton – Bass
Lionel White – Drums
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