Review - Angels “Caught In The Night/Call That Living”

singles on Shock! Records

From the band who invented pub rock in Australia comes their independant debut after over 20 years and innumerable albums, singles and even more gigs. This is the first release for Angels on Shock! records and comes in the form of  two discs.

The first is “Caught  In The Night”, a Hail Caesar (AC/DC)cum-No Secrets combo  with all the hallmarks of another rock anthem and Angels “classic”. The second is already well-known to Angels fans, being released last year to radio and gigs only, and on high rotation on the rock stations: “Call That Living” is another combo, this time of Shadow Boxer, Dawn is Breaking and No Exit.

While many of their now-anthems appear to be similar in sound and structure (in much the same way as Status Quo songs are/were, but that’s the only comparison in that direction I will draw) this release seems to be revisiting the era (circa 1979-1980) that Angels started playing with new melodies. But there’s nothing that will put down a band who, even in acoustic mode, left my ears ringing for three days, or reduce rotation on the Ms! ««««

PG (Jacky) Gleeson