Electric Mary, from Melbourne, Australia are no strangers to the music business, touring in 2009 with the likes of legendary Alice Cooper and Glenn Hughes, then in 2010 being the support act for Deep Purple. Talk about starting big. Yet they have only released a mere two albums (Four Hands High in 2004 and Down to the Bone in 2008) and released 1 single and 3 EP’s. Now on their third album release ‘Electric Mary III’ and it’s my first listen to these guys aren’t they lucky)…

An impressive riff for the first track ‘O.I.C’ and the vocals are quite delicious with the high pitched yet growly rock sound. The guitar solo suits the track perfectly with the ongoing up-tempo beat, which makes this track a winner. The extra solo after the middle section adds a delicious fruity sauce to the mixture. ‘Stained’ keeps on track at impressing me with the dirty deep riff to make you shout “Ooooooh!” and the drum section at around 2.20 is pure 80s class as well as the crazy guitar work pissing all over it!

“So Cruel” starts off with a led Zeppelin style riff with clear vocals over it then blasts with more heavy guitars reminding me of a 90’s Aerosmith feel. ‘Long Time Coming’ sounds a lot like the first two tracks which isn’t a bad thing necessarily for the fact that they are both cracking tracks but ‘All Eyes on Me’ stood out with its fast pace, crazy guitar work and the drumming on it is superb! The vocals equally as good with the group vocals in the chorus line. The intro to ‘Lies’ uses the same sound as the beginning of Motorhead’s ‘Ace of Spades’ but quickly changes into a not so bad little number. A repetitive riff and different vocals (a different bloke?) either way, still listenable. Another I wanted to mention is track 8, ‘Bone on Bone’ which sounds again like Led Zep with a helping of Whitesnake squashed into one sexy concoction. By the time ‘Waiting’ comes on my heads already rocking, with the cheesy yet likable chorus and the pubescent vocals it’s another winner.

Ending with ‘American Jam’ and even though having a more updated riff, got me a little bored half way through this one. Not the perfect ending to an almost perfect album…

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Charlene Rance 

01. O.I.C 05:04
02. Stained 04:16
03. So Cruel 03:41
04. Long Time Coming 03:49
05. All Eyes on Me 02:12
06. Lies 03:44
07. Nobody’s Perfect 03:37
08. Bone on Bone 04:19
09. Waiting 03:12
10. American Jam 04:55

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