Wig Wam Non Stop Rock N Roll

91 %  (Songs 88 %, Sound 93 %)
A new Wig Wam album is now an event on the melodic rock calendar thanks to the class of the band's first two releases creating a high profile for them.
A new label in Frontiers for album number 3 sees the band mix things up a little bit.
I love all three albums this band has produced, and place this ahead of the debut, but someway behind the last album – despite still containing some fabulous songs.
This album has a slightly different guitar tone – not tuned down at all, but darker and not as sharp as previously was the case. And the style of songs delivered here vary more so than before – with most working, but a couple less so.
To describe it accurately – it sounds as if two or three solo albums have been combined to make a new band record. It isn't as focused as the first two records.
That said tracks like the utterly glamtabulous anthems Do Ya Wanna Taste It and Wild One are amazing, separated on either side by the less instant, but heavier Walls Come Down and C'Mon Everybody (which I believe Flash is singing).
Man In The Moon is a tasty mid-tempo ballad which leads into my favourite track of the album – the in your face, uptempo anthem Still I'm Burning. Except Teeny's on vocals here. Mixes up the album even more, but what a killer track. Would like to hear more like this and Teeny's voice is different but likable. The super fast All You Wanted and Non Stop Rock N Roll has the darker hard rock vibe of Walls Come Down while From Here is a soft acoustic ballad – a complete u-turn from the tracks preceding it.
Rocket Through My Heart is a terrific uptempo rocker with a glam edge again, continued on with Chasing Rainbows (except a bigger chorus was needed here).
The bonus track to close the album is Gotta Get It On – nothing that really blows me away.

The Bottom Line
One thing that is unquestionable here – well two things actually – the band's energy and the production quality of the whole record. Outstanding on both counts. So the album is still great, but it doesn't feel as focused or as consistent as the first two. Still one of the best glam album soft e year no doubt, but there's still room to deliver that classic.

Best Tracks: Do Ya Wanna Taste It, Wild One, Man In The Moon, Man In The Moon, Still I'm Burning, Rocket Through My Heart

Review by MelodicRock 26.02.2010
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