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Frontiers [Release Date : 08.12.23]
Check out Cassidy Paris’s album promo, ‘Walking On Fire’ on You Tube. it’s surrounded by like minded videos: from Europe, Gotthard, White Lion and The Warning, among others. You can judge a rock artist by the company they keep.
There’s a clear message there… this is a genre album with an energy and intelligence that’s way beyond generic.
Australian born millennial, Cassidy Paris, was “discovered” in her youth, and subsequently mentored, by Paul (Danger Danger/ Defiants/ Darkhorse) Laine. He guided her through the recording of two successful EPs, each a calling card that ultimately led the Frontiers label to her door.
She’s just completed her second UK tour. By all accounts, for one so young (she only turned 21 last month), she commands considerable presence on stage.
There’s a constant pulse running through New Sensation … it’s as if Paris is discovering the excitement of hi energy AOR for the very first time.
Vocally, she’s in the space between Joan Jett and Avril Lavigne, but by no means does the music resort to plagiarism or descend into parody.
Yes, there’s a lot of looking in the rear view mirror – the jangling guitars and lurching riffs of ‘On The Brightside’ and ‘Song For The Broken Hearted’ have punky Lavigne undertones, while ‘Searching For A Hero’ has all the emphatic power of Jett emoting over a hard driving riff.
Her real skill though, surprising in one so young, is capturing that mood of fractured love, so often expressed by John Waite on many an album.
Her controlled, dramatic vocals on powerful opener, ‘Danger’ and on the album’s big ballad, ‘Here I Am’ turn two well written melodic rock songs, much in the Waite mould, into the albums standout tracks,
Cool debut. One to watch. ****
Review by Brian McGowan
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