White Widdow
Silhouette

Australian band White Widdow starts their fourth album with a fantastic stereotype, a good stereotype that is impossible not to like. That one is called Stranded and the album couldn’t start any better. With that start and recalling their great album Crossfire that they released about two years ago I started getting my hopes up when I first listened to Silhouette. Unfortunately the following tracks on the album is nowhere near this level, they are more of the typical AOR selection that neither stand out creatively or in terms of quality.

They offer AOR of good sound with a rather good vocalist and a typical selection of songs. No real surprises besides the great cliché opener that is surprisingly great and I also enjoy the track called Smile for the Camera that is a great speedy song that sticks to your mind like glue sticks to your fingers if you accidentally put it there. Unfortunately there is not much besides those two tracks, the remainder of the album is something you can either have or miss, it makes no difference.

In the end I think it is a decent album, maybe slightly above average thanks to the excellence it shows on occasion. The AOR crowds will enjoy it as it pushes their favourite buttons but it isn’t really good enough or interesting enough to really to make a seasoned reviewer excited. Two of the songs are making me somewhat excited but the album as a whole doesn’t quite stand out in the competition, so besides two amazing highlights we get a rather forgettable album with decent songs that sounds just like everything else in this genre.

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