After a short hiatus, when I thought that tragically they were only going to leave us with the marvellous 'Mouthful Of Love', the Texans come roaring back, and with scintillating live shows to match. Fronted by Chris Hodge who's a fiery mix of so many heavy metal screamers, he's just borrowing but to great effect. The band blow the roof with 'Rock And Awe' and 'Bringing Hell On Earth', superb guitar work courtesy of Frenchie Smith, Young Heart attack maintain their levels of boom and offer something for metallers and hard rocks fans worldwide, their own brand of AC/DC-inspired rock 'n' roll takes a sexier twist as Jennifer Stephens is given control of more vocal duties, her natural swagger and smoking wails penetrate the grooves like early Vince Neil, adding a new dimension to the sound because she's not just a backing singer now, check out the incredibly bubblegum rock catchiness of 'Jackboot Goons', and her attitude on 'I Love This Town'. I've read several negative reviews of this album with some people saying it sounds like Oasis! I agree that at times YHA slow the pace, they've even added an extra layer of glam-rock stomp, and the monstrous 'Good Love' certainly has an Oasis meets Zeppelin formula, but that's as far as it goes. Young Heart Attack keep it retro, keep the volume and the mood up, and provide an album of complete quality, there's no filler here, at times the band drift into a number of influences from Cheap Trick to Fastway, I'm not sure how intended such influences are, but it makes for blistering listening. 'Vacant Love' has a superb twin vocal attack, 'Drums Of Revolution' rumbles, and 'Jump Into The Picture' has a wondrous trippy feel, a complete contradiction to the superb Joan Jett-style glamp rock of 'Runaway'.
Young Heart Attack play it simple, how all quality rock 'n' roll should be, the only let down being the album cover.
9/10
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