A celebration of the career thus far of Washington DC's Vegas With Randolph. It isn't deliberate, but this month seems to be celebrating releases by bands that we covered in our early months. This lot were one of the earliest.
We reviewed Rings Around The Sun in 2016, their third album, we weren't around for the 2008 self titled debut nor the 2011 follow up, Above The Blue. That album remains one of my favourite albums ever, I still listen to it regularly and it sort of announced what we were about.
The band specialise in outstanding melodic Pop Rock. Two vocalists, Erick Kern and John Ratts, who sing lead on their own songs and the sheer harmony of their individual and combined vocals is matched by stellar arrangements and in particular, sing along choruses.
Collating 24 of their songs, remastered, particularly with Vinyl in mind across double Vinyl and double CD releases. There are also 10 bonus tracks on the Digital Edition with the Bandcamp purchase. It is a celebration of an 18 year career of mini masterpieces. Ecological thinking without shoving it down your throat.
That career shows that you can offer up big productions, without going over the top, everything is about the song. At times they fit into AOR and can be compared to likes of Queen and yet can produce great Power Pop or slow things down within get mawkish.
Drops Of Gold shows how great Pop Rock can be. Singalong, foot tapping joy. Fair warning to look out for the Guitar solos, you won't believe what you are hearing. I've selfishly gone for my favourite VWR songs to embed, you can listen to a whole lot more on the link below.
You can listen to and buy the album here. It is available on Vinyl, CD and as a download.
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