SUMMERS - 364 (2013)
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Finally, one of the most promising young Melodic Hard Rock bands of the new generation got signed and their debut is being released worldwide.
We're talking about the Southampton, UK based rockers SUMMERS and their first CD "364".
Summers gets their name from two brothers Crash and Ricky Summers who formed the group in 2007 aiming to create a unique blend of iconic stadium rock inspired by eighties sounds.
Let's get one thing straight here, these guys are not shying away from their influences: this lot's desire is to be 21st century Def Leppard.
While it is true that 'talent can't be recreated' (as once John Sykes said after being fired from Whitesnake in 1987), Summers takes the best bits of '80s Leppard - together with some Bon Jovi and Thin Lizzy - and re-packs them for a new generation.
And when things are done with this quality you must have talent, and huge amounts of it.
I should summarize this review saying "364" (the number of days it took to complete the album) is merely Amazing.
This is simply a glossy, shining, Mutt Lange-style produced album full of 5-part harmony layered vocals, catchy and pristine as the pure Arctic water.
All the tracks on offer have been written and arranged with maximum detail always with the sense of melody as primal factor, enriched with hooks galore, great solos, even greater choruses.
Not to talk about production: the music industry does not do more records like this. "364" was recorded in Cyprus and produced by a major; Clyde Ward (Eric Clapton, Sting, Lenny Kravitz), mixed by Jens Klein in Germany and mastered by Pat Reese in the USA.
As you can see, they have spared nothing, and this investment paid each dividend.
"364" is an almost perfect Melodic Hard Rock (at places AOR) record.
Track by track? You don't need a description. All tracks are awesome, the musicianship is awesome, the songs are awesome...
Yeah, this type of stuff has been done before... but who cares? You can't reinvent the wheel in this genre, instead it's not easy to produce this charming, thrilling material as the music included in "364". And few can muster such quality like Summers have here.
I am in love with this album, and without a doubt you will be too once you get your mitts on this potential future classic.
A Must Have.
01 - Shot In The Dark
02 - Superhero
03 - Girls
04 - Too Late
05 - Sometimes
06 - Steal Away
07 - Let's Make Love
08 - Billy
09 - Let's Go Round
10 - Told You So
11 - Terminator
12 - Rockmachine
Crash Summers – Lead vocals
Ricky Summers – Bass & vocals
Jason Sepala – Guitars & vocals
Sam Hickling – Guitars & vocals
Andy Pope – Drums & vocals
BUY IT !
www.amazon.co.uk/364-Explicit/dp/B00BYN9K6W
