Easy and full of finesse of the intro of tracks as “What’s Wrong with this Town” show facete The Rolling Stones of the band. Judas Priest come with the guitars and mostly the instrumentals when the song goes all hell’s breaking loose. The moody keyboarding gives a Uriah Heep atmosphere to it. On second thought, the mistic keyboarding gives all the sweet taste of the song. “Valley of Circles” goes on the same The Rolling Stones mood with a more acoustic rock vibe and drive. Maria Weigert’s vocals are something esle as usual. Her velvet sweet voice fits like a glove here. Finesse, my child of the night, do you know the musical meaning of finesse? Midnight Steamer and “Shakedown Cruise” are here to show you.
I find it very intersting and amazing a band that looks for the best distortion effect and try to dose it. A band that tries lots of guitar solos not to get to heavy. In Metal music we look for the excesses. Sometimes it feels great to dose them. To look for the perfect tone. To look for the best drumming. To look for the best vocals. The name of that is finesse. Perhaps, the main idea of the album would be to recor an album that addressed to Led Zeppelin in some way. The structures here do remind the band though the idea of Rolling Stones and Judas Priest doesn’t make uncomfortable. Maybe a Led Zeppelin with a female vocal would sound like Midnight Steamer. Just maybe.
Midnight Steamer “Shakedown Cruise” was released on February 25th via My Redemption Records / Cargo Records.
Track Listing:
- Shakedown Cruise & Demon
- The Rise and Fall of Roky
- True Mothers Boy
- Beat of Boredom
- Tokyo Rose
- What’s wrong with this Town
- Valley of Circles
- Alphamale
Watch “Demon” official video here: