Lovemetal
Melodica
- Style
- Hard Rock
- Label
- Frontiers Records
- Year
- 2001
- Reviewed by
- Chris
/ 100
Killing songs: <i>Summer Nights, Head Over Heels, Out Of My Mind, Shake & Crazy, Save Yourself & What Number Are You ?</i>
Melodica is a nice Hard-Rock band, or maybe side project. The singer Ted Poley
is Danger Danger's singer, which makes me think Melodica might be a
side project. One thing is sure, I'm an ultra fan of Danger Danger, so
it's more than eagerly than I was waiting to listen to that album.
Strangely the first listen where quite inconclusive, but slowly (and surely)
the album entered my mind patterns and I must say that it's a really very cool
Hard-Rock feeling. The vocals are the same you can find in the Danger Danger
albums, sweet and touching. The music is a bit quieter, a little bit like the
new Dare, it's really calm stuff. Yet you can find nice melodies, catchy
choruses and a overwhelming positive feeling getting out of the disc. The guitars
are very warm, short cut and effective riffs, nice keyboards to fill the sound
spectrum. Without being any kind of revolution this album is the perfect example
of what I call a fairly good release. An interesting treat is also that the
album gets better and better along with the songs, the best ones being the last
tracks for me (although the album is pretty constant), even the very last track,
an instrumental track called Save Yourself kicks some serious ass !
In the end, if you're fan of Danger Danger, Dare or other Hard Rock
bands of the same caliber, I suggest you give Melodica a try, cause this
album will without any doubt warm your winter nights, and if you find yourself
with someone to hold while watching the fireplace, then you'll find yourself
happy to share this Love Metal with your loved one. Good job !