Sunday, January 26, 2014
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Artist : The Bridge
Country : USA
Release : Demo
Year : 1997
Genre : Hard Rock
File Type : mp3 192
Info:
Initially, the fact this was *Lillian Axe* related threw me off. Not a big fan of the metal/hair band thing they had going on, but The Bridge were an entirely different proposition. Featuring former *Lillian Axe* vocalist Ron Taylor and multi-instrumentalist Drew Smith, acoustic driven pop is the order the day. Going electric on cuts like the excellent 'These Same Skies' and 'Where Do I Belong', embellished by piano on 'Standing' and violin on the sublime 'Can't Pretend'; albums like this can often put a listener to sleep like some of the new age pop stuff that came out in the late '80s, but Taylor and Smith add enough variety to keep things interesting and their vocal harmonies are spot on. *Lowen and Navarro* as well as *Mark Spiro*'s 'Care Of My Soul' is a good point of reference, but The Bridge sound was innovative enough to separate them from much of what was and what wasn't happening at the time.
