Boston's Glowbox are back and get a large hoo and indeed rah, It has been a while since late 2021's Your Call Is Very Important To Us. You can read my review of that album here. After three singles in the interfering years, that fine album now has accompaniment.
Bland Ambition was released last Friday in a low key release. But now you know about it, you can listen and shout about it all over the stratosphere. You can expect big riffs, killer choruses and exhilarating solos. The band do Power Pop so well, but there are other areas that the quartet excel at.
The blast in with No Place Like Nowhere is pure Power Pop and the whole listen does feel more Power Pop adjacent than its predecessor, but there are still big footmarks in 90s Indie Rock and College Rock, particularly on Should Have Known.
There is also a venture into 70s UK Glam Rock with the all together now of Doesn't Mean That Much and that works beautifully. Wait And See also demonstrates again, how comfortable the band are in laid back melodic Pop Rock.
The Closer, Horizon, underlines the ease in that genre, a little West Coast in places, with great vocal harmonies, but with 70s Pop Rock at its heart. Joke's On You gets more Classic Rock. In Your Orbit is again classic Pop Rock.
The stand out though for me, something that may come as no surprise to you, is the wonderful Philosophy 21A. Psych Pop of the highest order that even adds a blistering solo and also adds a hint of Prog. Glowbox dish up a crackerjack of an album that will delight you with its variety.
You can listen to and buy the album here.
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