They may do nothing ground-breaking, but there’s a feel-good vibe to the latest album from Germany’s The New Roses. Full of singalong chorus, gentle melodies and underpinned with a hard-edged riff heavy delivery, this is an album that should have been released at the start of the summer when those warmer and lighter evenings deserved some solid hard rock. Some may only know the band from a song featured on Sons of Anarchy (that song was Without a Trace) but in the eight years that the band has been plying their trade they’ve built a solid reputation both on record and in the live setting.
This release is jam packed with anthemic fist pumping songs, from the influential opener When You Fall in Love through to their solid cover of Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World, one which no doubt will feature on their forthcoming UK and European tour. Ten tracks that all give something a little different, whilst all being welcomed like old friends.
Clean vocals, tasty hooks and a classy vibe; it’s all here with a blend of melodic hard rock that is guaranteed to get inside the ears and stay there.
The title track skips along at pace, the thicker heavier riffs of Four Wheels will please those who want a bit more oomph with their music, whilst Hold Me Up features a duet with Gill Montgomery of The Hot Damn and brings a different style to the proceedings. With a decent production, catchy tracks and several songs that will be easily singalongs live, Attracted to the Danger is a fine album for those who want their hard rock with plenty of harmony and melody.
Attracted to Danger is out on 4th October via Napalm Records
Review by Hutch
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