Lee Aaron
Radio On!

Canadian Lee Aaron comes up with a new album, Radio On! It is inspired by the old FM stations that once ruled the airwaves, Radio On! is full of classic, melodic rock hooks, nasty guitar riffs, big harmonies and inspired song writing, at least according to the press material. The songs were written in a weekend when they locked themselves in a room for a couple days and the only agenda was to have fun and tap into the influences that inspired them as teenagers. Considering their considerable age, that couldn’t have been an easy task, but what about the radio stuff then?

I would claim that this album is more alive and vital than the previous two I have analysed for the Hallowed zine, the songs and Lee seems to have more energy and inspiration on this album. It is the same kind of radio friendly nostalgic rock, hardly original but relatively fresh. I think Lee sounds better than in the earlier stuff I have reviewed, but the album isn’t a very varied one with songs of a fairly similar character. The playing time is quite sensible and the energy is fairly good, in that regard it is clearly a step forward for the band compared with the previous stuff I reviewed.

This album is pretty good, it has good songs and decent energy; I would claim that it is surprisingly vital, but that might not mean much considering that the previous two I reviewed were more dead than alive. It is an album that doesn’t have too many weaknesses, but it lacks the outstanding hit songs. Still, it is an easy album to like and it is a decent chance that you might like it. Could be worth looking at, but don’t expect anything extraordinary, original or exciting – a good album is what you get from Lee Aaron and her band.

An album that is fine, that is a step forward compared with what I have reviewed before. A vital and surprisingly good album, but nevertheless it is also an album that you can do well without as it is pretty far from one of the best albums ever made. So, you will probably like it, and it is great that Lee Aaron and her band shows signs of new vitality that makes Radio On! worth checking out.

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