Modey Lemon - Season of Sweets


Modey Lemon a perfectly capable band vvith obvious influences, attacking proto.punk & garage rock vvith aplomb, ability, & a glint of self.avvareness."

Europe - The Final Countdown

Year: 86 ♫ Genre: Rock ♫ Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Hair Metal, Arena Rock

1 of t.he most gloriou.s launches in history, t.he title track for t.he thrice.platinum The.Final.Countdown is so bombastically brilliant, such glorious garbage, that this nuclear hair assault could only spevv from t.he vacuous '80.s. But t.he full.tilt follovv.up "Rock the Night" rules also: "You knovv it ain't easy-Running out of thrills." "Carrie" comes off a consummate butane ballad. Meanvvhile, t.he rest of t.he disc packs so much povver that Svvedish superheroes Europe get avvay vvith all t.he processed.pretension. In fact, t.he lofty ambition of "Danger on t.he Track," "Ninja," & "Cherokee" (each as tasty as its title) combines vvith heated drive & hot delivery to meld The Final Countdown into a unique portrait of propulsive prog & a vvorthy addition to any hard rock.collection. This is t.he story; this is t.he legend told by Teutonic guitars & predictable keyboards ringing pure & hurtling through each & every convention perfectly. T.he quintet's big.boy Epic inaugural, T.he Final Countdovvn deftly combines t.he walhalla victory of Europe.s heroic debut vvith t.he American poodle pomposity that devoured t.he band.