January 28
th 2009 was a saddened day - it was the day British band
Thunder announced that they were breaking up.
Thunder's blues based Hard Rock has always had a special place in my heart.
Main song writer Luke Morley has partnered up with Peter Shoulder to form
The Union. Peter Shoulder isn't a blank page among
Thunder fans since Shoulder earlier played with
Thunder at their annual Christmas show. Despite Shoulder only being 23 years the young musician already experienced a lot. Peter Shoulder was in Winterville who recorded one album for EMI.
The Union's debut album is a laid back bluesy album very much dominated by Peter Shoulder vocals. Peter Shoulder has an expressive and powerful voice. However, Shoulder's tone is quite similar to singer of the grunge era and Shoulder doesn't have the warm glow like
Thunder's Danny Bowes. Luke Morley has penned some great songs and while I wasn't expecting anything like
Thunder I cannot help to wonder how these songs would have sounded sung by Danny Bowes.
The opening tune
Watch the River Flow is Bluesy Hard Rock while the irresistible
Easy Street sounds like a mixture of 50's soul and rock. The highlight is
You Know my Name with a fantastic guitar solo.
The album is diverse and it seems like
The Union doesn't want to be labeled as just another Blues Hard Rock act. No doubt that these guys are talented. The album contains several acoustic songs and
The Union try all kinds of stuff on this record, which makes it diverse but also a bit uneven.
Written by
Michael Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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