THE TREATMENT – Power Crazy [Japan Edition +2] (2019)

March 22 is the release date for British hard rock five-piece THE TREATMENT new album “Power Crazy” via Frontiers Music, while this advanced Japanese edition including 2 bonus tracks will appear tomorrow.
“Power Crazy” is the band’s fourth full-length album and continues their successful formula of coupling sonic power with a taste for infectious riffs.
With this record, The Treatment is firing on all cylinders with its slice of no-frills hard rock. A quick listen will instantly reveal the essential ingredients of a classic hard rock album: riffs, huge choruses, catchy licks, and straight to the point songs.

“Power Crazy” is also The Treatment’s first album to feature new singer Tom Rampton. With his raspy voice in the best classic rock tradition, you can rest assured he knows how to ride high on the guitar attack from guitarists Tao and Tagore Grey.
Blasting off with “Lets Get Dirty” is a pure form hard rock number that sets the scene for the rest of the album, as the drums thunder, guitars wail with toe tapping rhythm and the vocals scream perfectly in sync. Hard edged tune plenty of attitude.

“On The Money” adds a bluesy touch, like a potty mouthed ZZ Top if you will, but goodness me, it’s catchy. To that end, by the time next track “Bite Back” has done its thing you might well have your fists in the air like you just don’t care and look, “Hang ‘Em High” is about as unapologetic as rock n roll gets.
Back to a slower and bluesier feel is “Luck Of The Draw”, a beautifully delivered midtempo with very nice guitars.

With a title like “Scar With Her Name” you think about a ballad. Nope. Actually, this is a romp that The Cult would have sold millions with in the ’80s, and “King Of The City” is a proper slab of NWOBHM. The heaviest thing they’ve ever done, and rocks.
And if “Power Crazy” largely isn’t arsed with introspection whatsoever, then “Waiting for The Call” comes on a bit like early Whitesnake, and is a slower thing, with some soaring harmonies, but even here they can’t resist the hook-line: “let’s beat them all…..”

“Power Crazy” has to be one of the best classic Hard Rock albums of the year already. They have delivered an album utterly full of excellent standalone tracks, twelve to be exact (with a bonus acoustic for physical CD, plus an extra one for this Japan release) and prove they are far from stingy to their fans.
Not only that, there is not a single filler song on this album. Yes some are stronger than others, but even the weakest song fully stands on its own two feet.

Years ago The Treatment was one if the biggest promising classic hard rock bands from UK.
They faced some troubles, delays, change of personnel… 2019 looks good for them. “Power Crazy” sounds like they’re ready for anything, to make it big.
HIGHLY Recommended

01. Let’s Get Dirty
02. Rising Power
03. On The Money
04. Bite Back
05. Luck Of The Draw
06. Hang Them High
07. Scar With Her Name
08. King Of The City
09. Waiting For The Call
10. Laying It Down
11. The Fighting Song
12. Falling Down
BONUS TRACKS:
13. Bite Back (Acoustic Version)
14. Let’s Get Dirty (Acoustic Version)

Tom Rampton – Vocals
Tagore Grey – Guitar
Tao Grey – Guitar
Dhani Mansworth – Drums
Rick ‘Swoggle’ Newman – Bass

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