Danger-First Touch

Self-produced

2008





Sweden's Danger return with their fifth and certainly most accomplished demo to date. It includes six songs, but really only three new offerings. The opener "First touch" is sort of a Motley Crue by way of Crashdiet sound, it's mid-tempo sleaze glam rock. It's fairly simple and straight forward, but they have a decent break where they change things up a little and show more control than they have in the past. "Miss Money" is perhaps a little more upbeat and more along the lines of most of the other material I have heard by them. It's short and to the point, but fun enough as it's got a simple yet memorable chorus. Again it's mostly like Crashdiet with maybe a pinch of Motley Crue and a dash of Faster Pussycat. The third track "Hey You" was the one that impressed me the most and perhaps the one song here where they really made the best attempt at defining their own sound. It has strong melodies and a fairly exciting main riff as they take the music and bend it to their will this time around. Just a very solid, likable track with everyone really contributing to the overall sound. The other three tracks are "California Red", "Shove it" and "On the run". All are good songs that were released on previous demos and although they are supposed to be remixed I can't say that I hear a great of difference from the original version. However the focus here is the three new tracks and overall the band isn't going to overwhelm you, but they have certainly gotten tighter and the production is a little better. They are not going to blow your mind, but their biggest strength is that they are steady and consistent. Every song I have heard from them has at least been good so that's a major plus. I am sure that it for them to emerge from what is a fairly competitive field in their country right now, but I hope they get signed because they seem to be rowing on each demo. I would be interested to see what they can come up with when they get the chance to do a full length album.



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