Jan 16
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Pulse
(Frontiers/Now&Then)
Pulse, a new band feauturing members of Bob Catley’s touring band, Hard Rain and No Sweat, are said to be the great new hope for British melodic rock. Pulse are a competent bunch of guys who produce decent AOR, alas that is the problem. Not many of the twelve tracks have anything like that “hook” you look for a rock song. Most of the stuff on here pleasantly washes over you like a fresh breeze. There is, however, a great deal of promise on the self-titled debut. Both the opening and closing tracks (’Talk about Love’ & the sparse acoustic track ‘Without You’) show some great potential. ‘Inspiration’ has that catchiness that is so lacking in many of the rest of the tracks here. Pulse needs to work on their songwriting, now that they have the muscianship down pat. Melodic fans everywhere will be waiting to see what they do with album number two.
Marty: 5
