ESTRELLA - She's Got It CD-EP

Debut 5-tracker from Aberdeen band with a flair for eighties influenced rock and metal, and if you think that's a musical scene that should not be resurrected, then you've clearly not heard this band, for this takes that whole style and makes it into something exactly the same but so fresh sounding.
Every one of the 5 tracks on here is the sound of commercial metal at the peak it was back in the late seventies and early eighties, a mix of both British and American styles so that a track like the opener and title track bears a passing resemblance to something that a mix of Autograph and Saxon might have put out, with its insistent verse and chorus superbly sung by a vocalist with a really strong voice as he delivers the song to perfection. Meanwhile the twin guitar attack really sparks and, combined with strong, well produced and sonically evident rhythm section, just takes off on an AOR-laced anthem that really rocks.
"Woman's Touch" veers more towards the UK< specifically on-fire vintage UFO, and you could just imagine this song having been one of that band's treasures, a song they'd have probably killed for, as the vocals soar out, the guitar riffs burn and red hot lead guitar solos and duels are heard above the driving rhythm section and high-flying harmonies, on a song that makes seventies/eighties metal sound alive, vibrant and every bit as good as the best of its day.
"Going For Glory" contineus the UFO feel but this time with a healthy dose of Thin Lizzy and hints of Saxon, as a stunning anthem just bursts into life amid a hail of guitar riffs and steaming leads, the vocals every bit as strong as before, only this time with a chorus that is pure metal bliss, one that you'd have been unable to get out of your head back in the old days, had it existed, and, as it happens, having exactly the same effect now. If any song around right now could be called "Classic Rock", this is it - and it is simply sensational.
"Wet 'N' Wild" ups the pace with a mix of AC/DC and UFO as this awesome stunner of a red hot rock song blasts out of the speakers, enough to have any AC/DC fan going crazy on the dancefloors and so addictive, you won't be able to give it up without medical assistance. The vocals, guitar work and rhythm section in perfect harmony, this one ROCKS!!! - and that guitar solo - ohhhhh......to die for.
Finally, you get "Ride Away" completes the picture with a churning sea of guitars introducing a red hot stunner of a song with rock solid drums providing the meatiest of beats as this hail of guitars rains down on a strident rocker that takes no prisoners and just rocks its ass off with stunning dual guitar leads and riffs, as the vocal delivers the song in immaculate, impassioned and impossibly brilliant fashion, the final anthem on an EP that's choc full of the things.
If you want late seventies/eighties influenced UK metal at its finest, then forget the past and concentrate on this - it won't let you down, it's a blast of genius from start to finish and it rocks like a demon. You HAVE to buy one or your life is simply incomplete.

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