Accolades for High Visibilty
To the business at hand, High Visibility sounds kinda unlike other Hellacopters records that I've encountered. There's some rough edges smoothed over, a little bit more pervert pop genius, just a tiny bit less dirt under the fingernails. You know what I'm thinking? T. Rex at their most unstoppable! In fact, Royale's vocals even owe a little to the glamstomper yelps of Marc Bolan, with a tiny dash of Ozzy circa Sabbath. The keyboards add an interesting dimension; think David Bowie's speedhead keyboards on Iggy Pop's "The Idiot/Lust For Life." Besides it's a small point in the face of this massive Bolanpunk punch. Summer songs for driving around bored out of your skull at 2:30 in the afternoon, out of your mind, searching for the next kick. High Visibility is from a different time, full of timeless riffs and poses that aren't really poses.
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