Review – 40
Alexander “Red Yellow & Blue”
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Alexander – one of the poppiest hard-rock outfits to emerge from Melbourne in
quite a while. “Red Yellow & Blue” – three tracks
thrown together onto a hand-cut hand-written sleeve and CD which does no
justice to the content thereof.
But
ignoring this, as you will when you put the disc into your player (“What
cover?” you ask!) you hear so many of the sounds that have been on the radio
for more than 25 years and bands have been trying to emulate with this success
for just as long. Catchy guitar-driven hooks you might recognise from Jimmy
Barnes, Matchbox
20, Screaming
Jets or Bon
Jovi, under voices you know you heard on
maybe your last Uriah Heep, Black
Sabbath, Free or Deep
Purple record!
Hazy
opens the account with an early-70s styled rock/pop track, leading into the
stand-out second track Rock ‘n’ Roll Hysteria; an almost
country-pop/rock/drivin’-down-the-highway crossover
with more rock than the other ingredients. The title track rounds this disc out
with more of that early-70s feel with a reminder of who
and where we are in the lyrics.
The work that went into the website shows that
these guys are not inept in the computer field, which means a little effort
could have gone into the demo packaging – maybe I gripe unnecessarily, having
an industry-only copy… But if you’re not one for packaging, drop by the website, check out the effects and
see about an MP3 or three… snap, crackle and Power Pop indeed!