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		<title>Album review : THE SWITCH &#8211; No Way Out</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-the-switch-no-way-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=104259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-the-switch-no-way-out/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/THE-S153-WITCH-No-way-cover-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="THE S153 WITCH No way cover" title="THE S153 WITCH No way cover" /></a>Frontiers [Release date 12.08.25] It’s in some way inspiring to hear a band embracing the past wholeheartedly. Pretty well everywhere you scratch the paint on No Way Out, you’ll find the 1980s underneath. The Switch was formed by identical twin &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-the-switch-no-way-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/09/album-review-the-switch-no-way-out/">Album review : THE SWITCH &#8211; No Way Out</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: ISSA &#8211; Lights Of Japan</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-issa-lights-of-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianmc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-issa-lights-of-japan/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/issa-lights-150x150.jpeg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="issa lights" title="issa lights" /></a>Frontiers [Release date: 20.01.23] Issa Oversveen is married to James Martin, ex of Vega. With his brother Tom, he&#8217;s written the bulk of the material here. And you can tell. Even with the best efforts of guitarist Simone Mularoni and &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-issa-lights-of-japan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-issa-lights-of-japan/">Album review: ISSA &#8211; Lights Of Japan</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Gig review: VEGA &#8211; Camden Underworld, London, 9 October 2021</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-vega-camden-underworld-london-9-october-2021/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andynathan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=76107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-vega-camden-underworld-london-9-october-2021/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/P1200808-Copy-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="P1200808 - Copy" title="P1200808 - Copy" /></a>Vega are one of those bands with a lot of lost time to make up as live music resumes. Since the beginning of the pandemic one of the UK’s premier melodic rockers have recorded not one but two albums, with &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-vega-camden-underworld-london-9-october-2021/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/10/gig-review-vega-camden-underworld-london-9-october-2021/">Gig review: VEGA &#8211; Camden Underworld, London, 9 October 2021</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: VEGA &#8211; Grit Your Teeth</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-vega-grit-your-teeth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 12:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andynathan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-vega-grit-your-teeth/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VEGA-Grit-Your-Teeth-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="VEGA- Grit Your Teeth" title="VEGA- Grit Your Teeth" /></a>Frontiers [Release date 12.06.20] Vega have made a series of quality albums in the 2010’s, deserving full credit for perseverance as,  despite dynamic live shows,  they have yet to break into the big time for reasons unknown. Their sixth album &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-vega-grit-your-teeth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-vega-grit-your-teeth/">Album review: VEGA &#8211; Grit Your Teeth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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		<title>Album review: VEGA &#8211; Who We Are</title>
		<link>https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/05/album-review-vega-who-we-are/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2016 18:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andynathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/05/album-review-vega-who-we-are/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/vega_wwa1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="VEGA - Who We Are" title="VEGA - Who We Are" /></a>Frontiers [Release Date 13.05.16] Standard bearers for a new breed of melodic rock that marries the big hooks of the genre’s heyday with more contemporary arrangements and production, Vega have stood the test of time, this being their fourth album &#8230; <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/05/album-review-vega-who-we-are/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/05/album-review-vega-who-we-are/">Album review: VEGA &#8211; Who We Are</a> appeared first on <a href="https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog">Get Ready to ROCK!</a>.</p>]]></description>
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