MIDNITE CITY – Midnite City +2 bonus [Pride & Joy Music Classixx 018] (2025)

English melodic hard rockers MIDNITE CITY hit the scene like a blast with their first two albums “Midnite City” (2017) und “There Goes The Neighbourhood” (2018). Frontman Rob Wylde (Tigertailz, ex Vega), Pete Newdeck (Newman, Eden’s Curse) and the rest of guys live the band to the fullest and deliver great party-ready melodic rock with AOR touches.

Both MIDNITE CITY first 2 albums are now virtually impossible to find on physical copy, unless you want to spend a fortune on eBay, so the band’s current label Pride & Joy Music is reissuing both albums 2025 with bonus tracks as part of their CD CLASSIXX SERIES on May 30th.
Self-titled debut “Midnite City +2” features the massive hits “We Belong”, “Summer Of Our Lives” and “One Step Away”, but virtually each track is a winner.
Additionally the cool bonus cuts “Ghosts Of My Old Friends (acoustic version)” and “This Time Around” (new studio track), absolutely make you wanna buy this killer album before it’s too late – it’s limited to 500 copies.

This album is very special indeed. Wylde and Newdeck have managed to replicate the sound and feel of the late ’80s / early ’90s bands such as Danger Danger, Lillian Axe, Autograph, but also bring it smack bang into the now.
Another thing I love about this album is the perfect blend of styles ranging from AOR, cock hard rock and power pop / melodic rock all in one great, big sounding CD.

The optimism of the opening trio of ‘We Belong’, ‘Ghost Of My Old Friends’ and ‘Summer Of Our Lives’ is infectious.
The feeling I get when listening to ‘Ghost of My Old Friends’ rings true so for so many reasons. Be it old places that have gone, or friends no longer with us, to me it’s about remembering where you’ve come from and also looking to the future of what’s yet to come.

Up next is the first single, ‘Summer Of Our Lives’, which does sound a lot like the recent release from Degreed. Wylde and co. deliver a glorious, feel-good summer song. One of the shining lights on this band is the guitar work of Wylde and new kid Miles Meakin – who shreds with the best of them.

On ‘Nothin’s Like Losing You’, the band slow things down but still creating a killer hook. Same goes with the acoustic led ‘Everything You Meant To Me’.
With ‘One Step Away’, Midnite City take the storytelling up a notch and sound all the better for it.
This Japanese release adds as bonus track ‘Ghost Of My Old Friends (Acoustic re-work)’, a stripped version of the great song where the emotional lyrics became even more deep in its acoustic environment.

All killer no filler is definitely an apt tagline for this album. “Midnite City” has it all: catchy melodies, hooks galore, great musicianship and a sweet production.
This is more than a love letter to the feel-good rock of before, and that’s the thing I love about this album: the positive vibes I, as the listener, get and will feel when I listen back to it, as I can guarantee that this CD will be getting spun for quite some time.

A fantastic debut album from one of the UK’s best melodic rock bands.
Highly Recommended

01 – Here Comes the Party
02 – Give Me Love
03 – You Don’t Understand Me
04 – Life Ain’t Like This on the Radio
05 – We’re Gonna Make It
06 – Tonight You’re All I Need
07 – Hard to Get Over
08 – Takes One to Know One
09 – Heaven’s Falling
10 – Gave up Giving Up
11 – Until the End
BONUS TRACKS:
12 – Heaven’s Falling (Piano)
13 – Rock And A Hard Place (New Studio Track)

Rob Wylde (Tigertailz, ex Vega) – Lead Vocals, Guitar
Pete Newdeck (Newman, Eden’s Curse) – Drums, Backing Vocals
Miles Meakin – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Shawn Charvette – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Josh ‘Tabbie’ Williams – Bass, Backing Vocals

mastered by Harry Hess (Harem Scarem)

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