Hard Rock
Republic Of Music
Release Date – February 3rd, 2023
Line Up:
Phil Poole – Vocals
Steve Broughton – Guitars
Alez De’Elia – Guitars
Indy Chanda – Bass
John Willis – Drums
Ryan Taylor – Keyboards
Tracklist:
1 – In Too Deep
2 – On My Way
3 – If This Is The End
4 – Turn Me Loose
5 – You Make It Easy
6 – Runaway
7 – My Woman Comes On Strong
8 – Nowhere Left To Hide
9 – One More Sip
10 – It Never Gets Old
11 – Walking The Line
12 – The Little Things
This is the third studio album from Doomsday Outlaw, actually their fourth but they don’t count ‘Black River’ for some reason – I like it, but they don’t see it as a proper Doomsday Outlaw record. I’ve been lucky enough to have reviewed all their records and they have just got better and better if that’s possible. I caught bassman Indy at a festival last summer and he told me that this record has been in the can for quite some time and features former members, Steve Broughton and John Willis, so it’s a relief to get it released. And what a cracker it is!
Things start heavy on the massive ‘In Too Deep’ – which moves and grooves with a fantastic vocal melody, some superb axe work, and Indy’s mighty Thunderbird locking the rhythm down with Willis. ‘On My Way’ gives us some fun rock n roll almost in the vein of The Quireboys/Faces only not as shambolic – just get the chorus, you’ll be singing it all day then we get some Black Crowes style southern soul on ‘If This Is The End’ before things stay southern on the made for a booze up ‘Turn Me Loose’. Things get heavy again on ‘You Make It Easy’ which has a Led Zep-like refrain before we get the recent single ‘Runaway’ which was made for radio. ‘My Woman Comes On Strong’ has Poole sounding like a young Glenn Hughes – yes he’s that good! Then ‘Nowhere Left To Hide’ goes into Allman Bros territory with some wonderful twin lines from Alez De’Elia and Steve Broughton. Doomsday Outlaw goes country on ‘One More Sip’ which is another fun rocker before we get to some heavy blues rock with ‘It Never Gets Old’. ‘Walking The Line’ is Skynyrd/Allmans with a major kick up the rear until the final track brings the big ballad ‘The Little Things’ – ain’t nothing little about this, just pure class.
Doomsday Outlaw has knocked it out of the park AGAIN! The guitar pair are on the money and John Willis is his usual beastlike self behind the kit, but in Phil Poole they have a singer who is developing to be one of the best the UK has to offer. I’ve said it before this fella is every bit as good as Coverdale, Hughes, Overland, Rodgers, etc. A big shout to Chris D’Adda Rich Collins and Dave Draper for producing these fantastic sounds too. Talk about consistency this is another 10/10 and again I wish I could give it more. An essential album to have in your collection.
Score: 10/10
Reviewed by: Smudge
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