As mentioned before, the past 12 months have seen a real resurgence UK Glam Rock related bands. It is almost 1974 all over agin. Some are retro, others put their spin on the genre, others get close to bands from the heyday, particularly The Glitter Band.
Italians, Weird Bloom have been around and mentioned for 6 or 7 years, but this resurgent brings them more to the fore. The main difference to 1974 is that this new input is led primarily by albums whereas originally Glam Rock was really built on singles.
Although Weird Bloom do have the drum sound and handclaps down to a tee, they sound particularly Bolanesque with a secondary helping of Sweet rounded off with nods to the likes of Mud. Instrumentally, though they can play and at times get rockier on the solos than peers.
They are also helped by the vocals of Luca Di Cataldo who has a voice nearer to Power Pop at times. The Sweet similarity to Sweet is most notable on Fire In The Night which is very close to Hell Raiser, but at other times, there are hints of the likes of Little Willy.
Saturday Night Is Breakin' is built on a Ride A White Swan-ish riff and of course Glam Rock is always about Saturday Nights. Summer Be My Hammer is again very T. Rex riff like. with a chorus that gets a bit Hot Love. Young Men is very Glitter Band like and Dum Dum Boogie, more than a little Mud.
Although this could sound like others, doesn't that apply to most music this far on? It is beautifully and faithfully done with edgier Guitars. Most importantly, it is singalong, foot tapping and fun. What more could you want to chirp you up?
You can listen to and buy the album here. The Vinyl Release is now available from the band on Facebook or Instagram.
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