Last week's deluxe version of Dio's Angry Machines was the highlight of that week for me, though there were some good Pop releases from Noah Cyrus, Hayley Williams and Kelsea Ballerini with Halsey. I also got introduced to Mark Daly's nice album "When The Stars Align" due to an auction stream Geoff Tate did where he name-dropped the album, and Miley Cyrus has been doing Instagram videos called Bright Minded every weekday at 11:30. I saw the first one on her Facebook page with Dr. Daniel Amen and it felt like being back in therapy, a lot of tension left just from that video and I'm going to try to find the time to see other entries. My Church, Garden Street UMC, also has a YouTube Channel and their videos help immensely.
Here are the most noteworthy releases I'm anticipating tonight that I already know of, and two of them are among the top albums I've anticipated this whole year.
Pearl Jam-Gigaton: This will be the first full-length studio album for the grunge group since "Lightning Bolt" over 6 years ago. They've kept themselves solid with minor projects, such as little singles here and there such as "Can't Deny Me" in 2018 and performing a cover of Brandi Carlile's "Again Today" on the cover album of her album "The Story," which also featured Dolly Parton. They've also toured and the backing band has been part of Temple of the Dogs, which toured with the late Chris Cornell in 2016 and appeared again in 2019 at the L.A. Forum with guest singers at an event called "I Am The Highway; A Tribute to Chris Cornell," in which Miley Cyrus sang "Say Hello 2 Heaven" with them backing her (yes, I'm serious, I liked the clip on YouTube). The singles promise this to be a hard rock album with some experimentation into other, softer genres, making this already sound like a great release.
In This Moment-Mother: In This Moment is a metal band lead sung by Maria Brink, who I first heard singing the song "Big Mouth" on the first Red Dragon Cartel album. In This Moment has had a half-cover of Billy Idol's "White Wedding (part 1)" called "Black Wedding" which featured Rob Halford on guest vocals. The main draw to this album is similar, they have metal covers of Steve Miller's "Fly Like An Eagle" and Queen's "We Will Rock You." The second will also feature Lzzy Hale from Halestorm, who's voice is best described as a mix between Celine Dion and Ronnie James Dio, and Taylor Momsted from The Pretty Reckless, though you may remember her as Cindy Lou Who in the Jim Carrey version of The Grinch from 2000. Yes, she grew up to front a hard rock/heavy metal band. I'll give you some time to recover from the shock of that.
You doing okay? All right, In This Moment also has some songs that were fun to listen to as singles from this album, most notably "As Above, So Below," and some songs also have the names of classic rock songs, so I'm wondering if there's more than two covers.
Tesla-Five Man London Jam (Live At Abbey Road Studios 6/12/2019): I've seen Tesla live twice, both times opening for Def Leppard and another act (first time Styx, second time Poison). They're a great hair metal band with enthusiasm, Southern charm and two guitar players. My favorite songs of theirs that I've heard live are "Love Song" and "Hang Tough," and they also made an excellent cover of the Five Man Electric Band's "Signs" which is part of their live performances. This release has "Signs," "Love Song," and perhaps because of the venue or perhaps because they're big fans of this band, too, a cover of "We Can Work It Out" by The Beatles.
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