Wild Rose
Dangerous

Rosa acicularis is one species of wild rose it might be a dangerous one considering the name of this album which is the second album of this mainly greek band named after this flower. An album with a sexy cover art is this one, the band started already back in 2004 but it was a bit back and forth with line ups and such back then and the debut saw light of day in 2011 and now it is time for the second album. It is an album with the look of something dangerous, and it also introduces a new singer in David A Saylor who is known for his singing in the band called Push.

Musically I will not give the band roses for their creativity or individuality as it is classic eighties styled AOR or melodic rock built around catchy choruses that are repeated often in the song. The production is modern yet not that far ahead of what the best acts were capable of in the eighties, the keys also play a big role and new singer Saylor has a voice that fits really well into the band’s soundscape. So, it is quite catchy and quite standard AOR that is well perform and produced but nothing spectacular in any of those regards.

It would be rather dumb to say that this isn’t good because it is, but at the same time it is nothing spectacular or memorable. That is something that is commonplace these days, well made albums with good songs that doesn’t quite grab your interest or attention with a good listen but at the same time you forget it rather quickly. I think they play it to safe, they walk down paths well threaded that are known to be safe and safe is never really fun, is it? The title says Dangerous and that is what I wish this band would have been at least a little of that because this feels just a bit too tame to really take off.

I think that if you look back with rose tinted glasses on years long passed which means the eighties then you’ll probably enjoy this album because it could have been one of all those albums coming in those days selling around a million copies or so. I do kind of enjoy this album and there is no real points to put them down on but I would say that their real problem is why? why get this and not one of those albums that sounds more or less the same as this one, I can’t answer that but if you can then you probably like this one.

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