Drugstore Records<\/p>\n
Norwegian band HIMORA has released their first album. They are apparently not beginners, but they lean heavily on the likes of AEROSMITH, FRANK ZAPPA and BADLANDS. Quite an intriguing mix! The 70\u00b4s and 80\u00b4s meet in their classic rock and power pop shapes. Still the info says that they are not copycats but purveyors in their own right?<\/p>\n
Opener \u201cJust Can\u00b4t Stop\u201d feels like a honest statement on the state of affairs in most rock bands, no pension plans there. The refrain has an easy contagiousness about it and I think they opened in fine fashion. No beginner\u00b4s luck here. \u201cLike a Heart Attack\u201d smells like my old CD \u201cVoodoo Highway\u201d by BADLANDS, who in turn didn\u00b4t exactly invent the wheel. \u201cBirmingham\u201d is some kind of SABBATH gone soft power pop tribute to the town of heavy metal. The downside is that HIMORA goes way to soft at times, at least for a heavy rocker. The radio potential is there, but that has \u201csell-out\u201d written all over it. Still the seventies inclined will probably find a new band to keep track of here. The latter part of the album contains a string of songs like \u201cSummer Dress\u201d with a refrain full of glue and an opening Indian howl. The same flirtation with what happened just about 35-40 years ago happens in \u201cMexico Smile\u201d, which is a take on early solo material by David Coverdale. All in all I\u00b4d wish for a slightly heavier approach, and that the experimental ”Legend in Your Lunchbox” wouldn\u00b4t have made the cut. But I have to handle it to them; they sure know how to make refrains linger. <\/p>\n
Track List
\nJust Can\u00b4t Stop
\nLike a Heart Attack
\nToo Long at the Fair
\nBirmingham
\nWhen the Boys Are Back
\nWings
\nBig Betty
\nSummer Dress
\nFisherman\u00b4s Blues
\nMexico Smile
\nLegend in Your Lunchbox<\/p>\n
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