Aces Wyld-Wyld Tonight

Self-Produced
2007


For some reason I think that I expected the EP from this Northern Virginia band to be more like mid-late 80's hair metal. Obviously I underestimated them because that's not really their style at all. The sound is much more like late 70's-early 80's hard rock with a firm emphasis on the rock part. There is no push towards sappy ballads or big sing a long lyrics, but rather it's straight ahead, rip and tear rock. The vocals have a definite edge and the rhythm section is certianly above average for this type of music. There are only five songs, but no fillers here as each track had it's own personality. At times they had a groove that was similar to Aerosmith and the tenacity of Ted Nugent. I also liked how the guitar just came in rather than feeling everything was planned. They certainly had several times where there was a bit of a spontaneous feel to the music and that's a huge plus because way too many hard rock bands try too hard to stick to a predictable format. The vocals were a little low on the first track, but they were on the rest of the tracks. This band has only been around for a little over a year so they could continue to grow even more. I believe they are recording another EP this winter so it will be interesting to see what they come up with on their next batch of songs.

http://www.myspace.com/aceswyldband