Album review: THE TREATMENT – Waiting for Good Luck

Frontier Records [Release date 09.04.21]

“Waiting For Good Luck” is the fifth album from well-established British rockers, The Treatment and I have to say I think this is their best to date. This is simply a classic rock album with every track gold dust – there’s absolutely no fillers, I love it!

For the uninitiated, The Treatment formed in 2008 in Cambridge, England with their debut album, “This Might Hurt” being released in 2011. This was followed by “Running With The Dogs” (2014), “Generation Me” (2016), and “Power Crazy” (2019). The Treatment have toured with KISS, Mötley Crüe, Steel Panther, Thin Lizzy, and Alice Cooper, as well as appearing at rock festivals such as Download and Sonisphere.

“Waiting for Good Luck” has 13 tracks including a bonus piano version of the bluesy rock track ‘Barman’.

Produced by Laurie Mansworth (Airrace) and mixed by Kevin Shirley (Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Black Country Communion, etc.), “Waiting for Good Luck” is The Treatment’s second album featuring Tom Rampton on vocals and the first one with the new bass player Andy Milburn.

The changes to the line-up have only enhanced this hard rock band, there’s an added energy, the whole sound is tight with sublime riffs, catchy beats and gravelly vocals that will have you foot tapping and singing along to what are surely rock anthems in the making, (surely that is not just me??). This album proves the band are firing on all cylinders, clearly stating that not only are they at the top of their game, but they are truly here to stay.

“We honestly all believe this album is a huge step forward for The Treatment and we can’t wait for you to hear it. We will be touring as soon as circumstances will allow us and we look forward to seeing all you Treatment troops at our shows next year,” says the band.

The opening track ‘Rat Race’ immediately grabs you with lyrics we can most certainly relate to “we’re in the rat trap, rat race and there ain’t no escape” well after over a year of a global pandemic, we all need to escape with some good music, and here it is!

Favourite tracks – I seriously love the whole album but absolute stand out tracks for me were:

‘Take It Or Leave It’, ‘Vampress’, ‘ Eyes On You’, ‘Wrong Way’

Try it, I pretty much think you’ll love it, I am a tad obsessed and can only sum this album up by saying it is already contender for my album of the year. *****

Review by Karen Clayton

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