A strange one this. I did gasp a little when I saw the cover art because it doesn't really say much about what might be on offer inside the cd case. I did fear some sort of raki or alternative sound effects music, you know the ones you find in health shops next to the sounds of whales and dolphins......

Thankfully it wasn't quite like that. As the laser scanned the grooves and the guitars broke out I could sit back and relax. Some of these songs sound really good and I like the punky edge to the guitars on the more uptempo tracks; some of the vocals are pretty decent as well. Track two - 'Lets Go Out' - reminds me of the Flamin Groovies and the riff has 'Shake Some Action' all over it which isn't a bad thing at all.  Definitely in the Only Ones sort of ballpark this album, with a similar sort of mix in the music which is great.  'Moonless Nights' being a good example of the more uptempo songs on offer with a nice piano line rolling along with the raw guitar sound. 

George hails from Toronto (which is no bad thing especially as the Pariahs come from there and they're ace) which obviously delivers some decent underground rock 'n' roll. It's guitar-driven alternative rock and roll folks if I had to lump it into a genre for you, nothing more nothing less. 'Tear' and its wistful lament and acoustic guitars stands out as does more uptempo stuff like album closer 'Out Of Sight' and 'Right The First Time' with its inspiring bit of slide that sits nicely in the song as it drifts along.

All in all a pretty decent debut album as it goes with bits of some great bands here and there in the flavour of the album, ranging from the Stones through the Flamin Groovies and even a bit of The Kinks and The Only Ones to name a few. Good work Mr Casey, I think I like it so let's get it on indeed.

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