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Artist: Markonee |
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In a world of pigeon holed
music, the bands that deliver good honest no nonsense rock n' roll seem
to get left behind. But one band that is going all out to push
that good time rock vibe are Italian rockers Markonee. The band
released their debut album 'The
Spirit of Radio', a concept album based around the invention of the
radio by Gugliemo Marconi, hence the band's name. But this new opus isn’t
a concept album, this is great Hard Rock full of melody, punchy guitar
riffs and a powerhouse vocal courtesy of Gabriele
Gozzi.
From the opening chords of opener ‘Way 2 Go’ I knew I was gonna like
this album. This is the type of Hard Rock I love. Big and
bouncy guitar licks with a huge back beat from Ivano Zanotti on drums
and Luigi Frati on bass guitar, this together with Gozzi at the mike all
goes to make this a real corker of an opener. The
rockin’ just keeps on coming as the album keeps the momentum going
with ‘Women & Whiskey’, again featuring big chunky driven
guitars throughout provide by Stefano Peresson and Carlo Bevilacqua.
This song again rocks big style with Gozzi coming across like a mix
between Steven Pearcy and Steve Lee. The
title track ‘See The Thunder’ roars out from the blocks, this is one
is pure arena rock at it’s finest and reminds me very much of Europe
in its song structure. If I’m going into the realm of
"sound likes" then the next one ‘Shores Of Another Sea’
reminds me of The Little Angels, with Gozzi doing a damned good Toby
Jepson on this one. Where
as the 'Big K’ is all Markonee big licks and no tricks, just good
great rock n' roll. As is the fantastic ‘The Cross Between The
Lines’, which is where the band turn it up a notch and really rock out
big style. The
band go old school with the nest song ‘Brand New Day’. This is
what I’m talking about when I say good time rock n' roll. Music
that takes you away from the day to day grind, when you
use music as an escape just as it should be. No political
agenda’s, no hidden text, just music you want to listen to again and
again. The same can be said for the excellent ‘Back On Me’. Any band worth their salt in this genre has to have at least one decent ballad on their album and Markonee have a great one in ‘Cherry Blossom’, which leads nicely into the oddly titled ‘I Believe In Father Christmas’, which despite the title is again just a great rock track from a great rock album. Enough said!
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Tracklisting:
01. Way
2 Go
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