Amplifier

You know when life all seems worthwhile – when all the dross that happens doesn’t matter any more – when out of nothing something great happens. You know what I mean?

Now I know this doesn’t happen very often (especially to me) but last Friday as my dear wife and I were out shopping, I went to browse the albums in the local Virgin. I do this most weeks while we’re out – saves fighting with the SMB’s at the veg counter – and usually browse new releases hoping to see an album I like. Anyway last Friday was different. Last Friday I discovered Amplifier.

I saw the name of the band on the CD but it meant nothing – it was in the heavy metal section which does not normally make me want to investigate further. However, I saw the first song was called Motorhead and thought it be nice to hear how someone has covered one of Lemmy’s old songs. So I asked the assistant if I could hear the album on one of their listening stations – it wasn’t a cover it was an original song and for the next 30 minutes I just stood and listened to most of the album with a big huge stupid grin on my face.

I bought the two albums that were there (Insider is the name of their second album) and have listened to them all weekend – they are both excellent. The first album (it’s called Amplifier) is the better one but they both contain enough musical treasures to satisfy anyone who reads this.

It’s too late to make these my albums of the month so I’ll make Amplifier my album of the Season and I’ll make the band my discovery of the year so far – truly a great band.

So what’s the album like? I don’t know if I can do it justice yet – it’s just fantastic; as good as Siena Root (Different Realities) Porcupine Tree (The Incident) and Colour Haze (All) as good as any rock album I’ve heard in the past 10 years.

Listen to the sample tracks then go buy the albums (apologies to your bank manager)

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