Shotgun Symphony - Shotgun Symphony (1994)

I know bugger all about these guys but as the fluted keys swirl on album opener 'Highway To Tomorrow', I'm sensing this is full blown AOR, hair blowing in the wind, satin sheets and feminine vocals courtesy of a guy named Tracy! If you've always wondered what hair metal really is then bands such as Shotgun Symphony will explain, because it's all about the almost power ballad type feel the album invokes, the lovey-dovey tracks, lush production and those swishing keyboards which grace the guitars like an ocean brushes the sand...Thankfully the band aren't too shy on the riffs, 'What Happened To Love' is a little beefy but all too quickly swamped, once again by the keys, but it's all very nice, generally sweeping through the room with no intent. For 1994 it's a record way out of any comfort zone, but much respect for spraying this stuff out at a time when grunge was the only music on everyone's lips. Shotgun Symphony clearly had no time for trend and so frizzed the hair, prepared the pose, and created a handful of sauntering smoochers, from 'Turn Around' to 'She's In Love'. Satan won't be happy!

5.5/10