Ten Year Vamp – Lust
2011, Ten Year Vamp
Albany, New York rockers Ten YearVamp would appear to be on an inexorable rise. For an Indie band working outside of the major label framework, Ten YearVamp has been extremely successful at getting their music placed/licensed, andhas even managed to chart in Billboard magazine. The band itself is as tight as a wire, andlead vocalist Debbie Gabrione is the type of front woman who can captivate anaudience from the first note. The band’slast album, 2009’s Don’t Act Like YouKnow Me, received top billing on year end charts, and had several tracksvoted best song of 2009 across the Mediaverse. Ten Year Vamp returned recently with a five-track EP entitled Lust, exploring the human conditions oflove in lost in highly catchy modern rock arrangements.
Lust opens with "Got 2 Me", an amped up love songabout the power of love to turn her head. The high energy rocker is full ofhonest vulnerability meshed with toughness that's appealing in a 1980's PatBenatar style. "Thinking Of Me" keeps the temp and energy going witha catchy rocker that seems ripe for use in a edgy romantic comedy. Gabrione'svocals are superlative as always, and you simply won't be able to sit or standstill. Ten Year Vamp slows things down a bit for "No Risk", apassive, maudlin ballad that overstays its welcome. The song is well-played,and the vocals are excellent, but the song seems sorely out of place here.Gabrione and company rev it up again with "Making Me Want You", aferal rocker full of love and lust. Amazing pop sensibility and fiery rocksound are perfect complements here. Ten Year Vamp wrap things up with"Don't Be Alone With Me", a solid rocker that fits in with thegeneral theme of the EP but doesn't have quite the same energy level.
Debbie Gabrione and Ten Year Vampare impressive as always. Her vocals are matched step-by-step by strong playfrom the rest of the band. Lust is an uneven experience, with Ten YearVamp running full throttle on three of the five songs presented here. Theslower moments don't reflect poorly on the band, but just don't seem to fitwell together with the other tracks.
Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)
Learn more at www.tenyearvamp.com or www.myspace.com/10yearvamp. Purchase information is below, but if you are one of the first ten people to email Ten Year Vamp at info@tenyearvamp.com, with a subject line of "FIRST TEN", you'll win a signed copy of Lust!
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