MIDORI & EZRA BOY – Midori and Ezra Boy (2015)
MIDORI & EZRA BOY and their self-titled album are a rare beast in the present Californian rock scene: they are one of the few – if not the only – playing female fronted melodic rock with an ’80s feel right now in 2015.
This band is formed around lead female singer Midori Longo, drummer Dave Briggs, and guitarist, bassist, keyboard player & more Tiger Yakimoto.
Midori is an incredible singer both in attitude and a killer rock voice (and she looks pretty hot as well, by the way).
At first glance, looking at the album artwork and the band’s name you may think about Indian music or something like that: not at all folks, the songs packed into “Midori and Ezra Boy” are short, quite infectious melodic rockers with a hard rock twist at places and a modern rock touch.
The songwriting and Midori Longo’s way of singing will remind you Eighties / early Nineties female fronted bands such as Saraya, Vixen, If Only or, why not, Gudrun Laos.
The opening track “So What” is a fantastic AOR / Melodic Rock anthem with a sweet commercial refrain and an extremely catchy poppy chorus. All the 11 songs are in this vein alternating tempo and hardness.
Besides that really good opener, other highlights are the mid-tempo groovy melodic rocker “Love Avalanche”, the moving “On and On” (a bit Halestorm here), the rocking “Killing Me” and closing track “Light the Fire”, perhaps the more hard rock oriented tune on the CD and one of the best.
“Midori and Ezra Boy” is a more than welcomed female fronted melodic rock band not only in the poor scene for this genre in America, but also for the rest of the world eager to listen melodious rockin’ tunes performed by a woman.
Short and effective songs with excellent vocals, pretty blistering guitar work and solid production. A definite must for fans of the previously mentioned bands, but it also touches the modern way of female fronted hard/heavy rock.
Rock the way it needs to sound like.
01 – So What
02 – Burned
03 – Wound Up
04 – Born Lucky
05 – Love Avalanche
06 – Over the Edge
07 – Not Waiting Here
08 – Mile High
09 – On and On
10 – Killing Me
11 – Light the Fire
Midori Longo – Vocals
Tiger Yakimoto – Guitar, Strings, Backing Vocals
Dave Briggs – Drums, Backing Vocals
Sean Zilla – Bass
thanks to Gabor Kleinbloesem
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