It has allure, is enjoyable and isn't half a trier.

Well, this isn't bad at all. The second album from this California band, by Giancarlo Floridia and Ice-T/George Clinton/Alice Cooper bassist Fabrizio Grossi, with soon to be eponymous keyboardist Eric Ragno, has some nice moments and if it isn't great, it's perfectly enjoyable.

On the good/almost very good side, there's the contained attack of 'Now I Know The Truth', the toughness leavened by the melody of Alex De Rosso's solo, the big, bashing 'The Way I Have To Let You Go' with its heaving riff and an aching, warm solo which touches greatness and a feel of 'Get The Funk Out' in the bass of 'Revolve My World'.

On the 'only okay' side, 'Pray For This' is Alter Abridged, off the peg but growing to some Sleazier success, 'Comes Crashing Down' is only AOR with a Skunk Anansie ballad bit and the New Wave angst of 'Until Your Home' is misconceived. But then 'When I Lost You' shows a tight chorus redolent of David Reece's last album as a solo widdles about a bit.

No, it ain't all great, the mix is trebly and some tracks don't excite, but it has allure, is enjoyable and isn't half a trier. Whether that's enough to make to check out its charms is your choice. Isn't capitalism great?

Steve Swift