- Label: 'Last Night From Glasgow Cartel'
- Genre: 'Rock'
- Release Date: '23.1.26.'
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Room With A View is the latest album by Glasgow's The MoonRocks who are a trio of Jon Cole, Brian Faller and Brian Payne, they are not to be confused for the Los Angeles trio of the same name, these guys put out their debut album in 1992, long before Moon Rocks were a type of Hash. The album is produced and mixed by Paul McGeechan.
The album opens with the upbeat pop rock of I Remember You that has a late 70's new wave chart pop feel, this is catchy with cool guitars and the hopes that the first love will blossom into something longer lasting, despite just how shy you were back then.
Pretty Girls has a classic cock rock riff and almost screamed vocals, like they are channelling Detective trying to sound like Bad Company, this is Planet Rock ready for a fist pumping anthem to the joys of chasing after Pretty Girls.
See Me Cry is what happens after she's caught you flirting and worse with all those Pretty Girls on the last song, as she exacts her revenge you collapse in a puddle of tears, begging for forgiveness, you don't deserve while the guitars soar and try to soothe her anger at you. As Long As I Have You uses some decidedly dodgy 80's synths to beg and plead to be given one more chance, you won't look at another woman again promise, yeah right.
Cardiac Arrest is what happens when inevitably you are caught out again, the guitars have a New Wave chugging riff for that Heart Attack that hits them like a sledgehammer. Rock And Roll Show opens quietly, with spoken word vocals making it feel like a Poison style lighters in the air ballad, but with added strings it slowly builds into a 70's widescreen AOR neo Whitesnake over the top Rock And Roll Show.
The title track Room With A View is hoping that you will give in and stay with him, he doesn't know how he will survive without you, well he'll probably come up with more New Wave guitar solos and have fun playing with his mates. Home By Midnight she has you on a short leash for some reason, you'll use the excuse of getting home for the babysitter, but well he'd rather carry on rocking out with you, so reluctantly he'll be staggering Home By Midnight to pay the devil his due in this lyrical drama.
But I Did has an almost late Sixties conversational pop rock feel, for this tale that takes us on a journey, noting the things that you admit to having done before all the years fly by. Getting Better feels like wishful thinking these days, especially when they sing that things are Getting Better every day, a phrase that feels more like sticking your head in the sand, so they are going to try to convince us that it is the case, good luck with that.
The album closes with He's Coming Home a song for a soldier coming home from war, wounded and looking for a right way to get back home, hoping that he won't be treated as a pariah for fighting in another illegal or unpopular war, this has feelings of regret, wondering how he'll deal with his PTSD for all the horrors he's seen and taken part in. His family hope he gets back home in one piece.
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