Radiation Romeos - Self-Titled - Dawn's Album Review

​Radiation Romeos, Self Titled, Frontiers

Fronted by Parramore ‘Perry’ McCarty (Warrior, Atomic Playboys) on vocals with Dag Hayne (guitars), Jogi Spittka (bass) and Gereon Hofmann on drums this is another Frontiers super project aimed at the classic rock/eighties market and it’s an album we enjoyed as they do this sort of thing really quite well. 

Title track ‘Radiation Romeos’ comes out of the trap with strong riffs and vocals, a big catchy chorus and shredding solos with ticks in all the boxes. ‘Ocean Drive’ is a highly produced road song designed to inspire a convertible ride down the Pacific Coast highway with your hair flyin in the wind and it has the desired feel good factor. ‘Bad Bad Company’ is heavier with a grittier vocal.’Mystic Mountain’ is a little Dio-like in themes and intention although the guitar work is its best feature. ‘Like an Arrow’ is a ballad lighter in tone and is rescued from saccharine sweetness by some excellent searing vocal work and some Dire Straits style atmospheric licks. ‘Promised Land’ is quite House Of Lords with a pomp and majesty feel and diverse cultural influences. ‘Castaways’ has a singalong traditional English feel a bit like some recent work from ‘Ten’. ‘Ghost Town’ has nice harmonised guitars and a good guitar solo, but is one of the weaker songs on the album. ‘Til the end of Time’ doesn’t set the album alight either and maybe should have hit the cutting room floor too. However, closing tracks ‘On the Tight Rope’ and ‘Monstertraxx’ raise the bar again with some inspired vocal work or shredding and stronger songs

Overall a pretty good album with quite a few tracks that might make your digital music collection edit. A strong debut with some material we really liked. Not every track’s a stunner, but it’s a high average score and certainly worth a good long visit. 

Dawn Osborne
8/10

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