TRISHULA – We All Fall Down (2022)

What three years ago started as a super-group project which a first glance looked as one-off recording, TRISHULA has become a very strong band and now with the same line-up of the last album they are releasing their third effort titled “We All Fall Down“, easily their best.
Brainchild of UK Guitarist Neil Fraser who has played and/or recorded with bands such as RAGE OF ANGELS, TEN, Tony Mills (SHY, TNT), and including vocalist Jason Morgan (he has recently recorded backing vocals for MAGNUM), drummer Neil Ogden (DEMON), bassist Dan Clark (Rebecca DOWNES) and keyboardist Rick Benton (MAGNUM), TRISHULA’s music is from the best British melodic hard rock breed.
With a refined songwriting, catchy arrangements and the band feeling like an oiled machine, we have here 12 tracks of primo UK melodic hard in the style of recent LIONHEART, MAGNUM, PERFECT PLAN, etc.
If you had any dud with TRISHULA’s first two albums, please do it yourself a favor and listen to “We All Fall Down” — it’s a blinder.

If you have followed the band through their ‘Scared To Breathe’ and ‘Time Waits For No Man’ albums, you will already know to expect nothing but quality Melodic Hard Rock from the gentlemen, and true to form, the final product is everything good about the genre.
Neil plays his guitar with a mixture of musical muscle and melodically restrained passion – you could describe his style as being elegant. Jason meanwhile, has a rich and throaty voice, it’s hard to say who he reminds me of – but his delivery is endlessly flawless, he really has been a huge find for the band.

Rick Benton’s keyboards give a beautiful depth and colour to proceedings, always adding to the music but never overpowering it – it’s a lovely balance because of this. The rhythm section of Messrs Clark and Ogden play their part to perfection, laying down the backbeat with effortless yet subtle power.
This truly is a band totally in sync with each other, how they aren’t huge already is a genuine mystery, because they truly deserve to be.

My immediate favorite track is the entirely brilliant ‘Why Should I Apologise?’, which has beautiful layered harmony vocals – and I am instantly reminded of classic Electric Light Orchestra, which is never a bad thing. The song has a real groove to it, and features a chorus to die for, while Benton’s keyboards are an absolute joy to experience! I love this.
‘Caught In The Middle’ reminds me of ’80s poppy melodic rock at their most grandiose – it’s a slow and powerful song, again with an absolutely huge chorus, and a dazzling solo from Fraser, it’s a wonderfully dramatic song.

One surprise is ‘Nice And Dirty’- which irresistibly reminds me of Biloxi at their ‘Let The Games Begin’ finest – maybe it’s the late great Clyde Holly that Jason Morgan reminds me of? ‘Two Umbrellas’ again brings wonderful melodies to the table, a beautifully understated number, almost entirely keyboard led, with luscious vocal harmonies, and has instant ‘Wow factor’.

‘It Doesn’t Matter’ is another classy number that features a gloriously impassioned vocal, some gorgeously delicate lead guitar work, and dreamy vocal harmonies – in another place and time, this would have been a sure-fire monster hit!
‘Don’t Walk Away’ is the best thing Robby Valentine never wrote … but surely wishes he had. It’s an up-tempo rocker with a killer chorus, guitar work to die for, lavish keyboards, and yet more brilliant vocal harmonies! Very simply it is genuinely marvelous.

It’s no exaggeration to say that this twelve-song album is ‘all killer and no filler’, it’s awesomely written and arranged, played with magnificent dexterity, and finally is exquisitely produced, what is not to love?
Trishula deserve to be major label superstars, and the fact they are putting this album out independently is a colossal credit to them.
‘We All Fall Down’ instantly vaults into our top albums of 2022. Give it a listen; you will not regret it for a second, this is brilliant stuff.
HIGHLY Recommended

01 – I’m Not Falling
02 – Caught in the Middle
03 – Nice and Dirty
04 – Why Should I Apologise
05 – Watch That Giant Fall
06 – God Bless America
07 – Don’t Stop This Roundabout
08 – Purity
09 – Two Umbrellas
10 – It Doesn’t Matter
11 – Don’t Walk Away
12 – Never Gonna Stop

Jason Morgan (Rage of Angels) – Vocals
Neil Fraser (ex TEN, Rage of Angels) – Guitars
Neil Ogden (Demon) – Drums
Dan Clark (Rebecca Downes) – Bass
Rick Benton (Magnum) – Keyboards

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