Sunday, October 06, 2013
Lovechild may have been around a few years prior to this debut but the years of practice doesn't show in the final product. Its professional enough with a decent production and mixing. The songwriting is the main issue which is a big one that needs to be dealt with if further discs are in their future. Lovechild's "Soul Collector" is a soupy mix of heady European rock that seems influenced by some American bands. There are strong whiffs of Lynch Mob and Badlands and a slight wafting of Rage for Order Queensryche drifting in. You will also pick up on tidbits of Lethal, Dokken and mid 909s Pretty Maids when they were a lil too modern for most tastes. Its a soupy mix that could potentially blend well. Here it does not as there are no risks taken and the band seems to sleep through the choruses and just scribbled some derivative copy to pass as hooks. It doesn't make the grade, especially when there are tons of other rock bands out there looking to claim their fare share of the steak. Lovechild isn't meaty enough to compete. They are buried in their own clichés and a seeming lack of creativity when they should be out for blood.
