The Union - The Union

(Genre - Classic Rock / Blues Rock Label - Payola Records)

Track Listing

01 - Watch The River Flow
02 - Easy Street
03 - Saviour
04 - Step Up To The Plate
05 - Holy Roller
06 - You Know My Name
07 - Come Rain Come Shine
08 - Black Monday
09 - Amazon
10 - This Time Next Year
11 - Lillies
12 - The Space Between Us
13 - Everything You Want (Bonus)

The Union is a new project formed by former Thunder guitarist and main songwriter Luke Morley and ex-Winterville frontman Peter Shoulder.
Fans expecting a Thunder / Winterville album will be a tad disappointed Im sad to say, because whilst The Union still play that blues based rock that both aforementioned bands are famous for, they deliver it in a much more mature and laid back manner, giving The Union a distinctive sound. This is a new band with a great new sound, great songs and two excellent songwriters. Stand out tracks include, Easy Street, Saviour, Watch The River Flow, and This Time Next Year.
Very highly reconmended.


website - http://www.theuniononline.com/
Rating - 10/10

Thunderbird Motel - Rockit Til the Wheels Fall Off

Seattle based rock band Thunderbird Motel offer up their new self released album Rockit Til The Wheels Come Off. Influenced by industry heavyweights like The Who, Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd, this short eight track album has a sound that is bluesy hard rock with a very clear towards the hey day of 70's rock.


Rockit Til The Wheels Come Off shows a lot of promise for a band that just haven't quite arrived yet. Songs like 'Red Dress', with its Keith Richards lick are absolutely brilliant, whilst 'Hellraiser' is still a little too chaotic, and I swear the backing vocal have been taken straight from The Who's 'Who Are You'!

'Black Eye' and 'Borrowed Time' again show a lot of promise for a young band, and maybe if the band had held off just a little longer before opting to record the album they could have matured to the levels of 'Red Dress'.

Worth checking out, but I'm really looking forward to the next album!

website - http://www.myspace.com/thunderbirdmotel

rating 7/10