Lillian Axe is one of those 80's era bands that slipped under my radar as I was making my first in roads into music. At the time, I was getting into the more popular acts, so while I remember the name kicking around, they never made it to my player.
Now, fourteen years removed from their last studio album, Lillian Axe is back with their 6th full length release, and it sounds good. Very good in fact. It's a strong album which focuses on the songwriting, with finely crafted rock songs and an absense of any excessive frills.
Waters Rising marks the return of the band with a new singer. Former lead singer Ron Taylor, resigned from the band in 2004 and was replaced by Derrick Lefevre. Now, without any past experience with them, I have no real grounds for comparing the two singers. But I can say that Lefevre delivers the goods. He doesn't really have a great range — at least as evidenced by this album — but he does fit the band very well. Lefevre delivers just the right inflection, and brings a lot of weight to the material. His fine vocal performance combines just right with the very melodic riff-centric music and nicely crafted solos from band leader Steve Blaze.
Le grand retour de LILLIAN AXE. J'ai déjà écouté l'album et il est assez réussi. Le chant du nouveau vocaliste ressemble assez à celui de l'ancien chanteur. Bonne chose.
