Yumpin' Yiminy... 2022 is off to one hell of a start musically

[heavyharmonies]

I was on a road trip Saturday, roughly 8 hours of driving time, so I had lots of time to listen to new and upcoming releases, and if 2022 continues in the way the first batch of releases has done thus far, it could wind up surpassing 2021, which is no mean feat.

Albums I listened to that seem excellent out of the gate (no clue yet as to staying power), in alphabetical order:

Autumn's Child - Zenith

Battle Beast - Circus of Doom

Dan Reed Network - Let's Hear it for the King

DeVicious - Black Heart

Edge of Forever - Seminole

Fate - Back to the Past

Giant - Shifting Time

Kissin' Dynamite - Not the End of the Road

Steve Dalton - Primitive

 

And there's a bunch I haven't even gotten to yet.

[auslander]

Haven't heard most yet but agree on Kissin' Dynamite. I also think the Giant album is good. I know people don't like them using the name, but if it was a different band name we'd think it was good anyway.

Lot's of releases to look forward to this year. Worked out I bought 34 albums released in 2021, 7 were reissues but that is still a big year for me on forking out for new albums. Hopefully it is similar in 2022 (quality and quantity).

[Jez]

Kissin' Dynamite and Battle  Beast both have been taking up most of my listening time in the last couple of weeks. Giant is good too, but not in comparison to those 2

[heavyharmonies]

Just now, Jez said:

Kissin' Dynamite and Battle  Beast both have been taking up most of my listening time in the last couple of weeks. Giant is good too, but not in comparison to those 2

Agreed, those two stand above the rest. The two that surprised me the most were the Dan Reed Network and Edge of Forever.

[Jez]

2 minutes ago, heavyharmonies said:

Agreed, those two stand above the rest. The two that surprised me the most were the Dan Reed Network and Edge of Forever.

Not heard Dan Reed yet.. I think official release has been put back to mid June

[Glen]

2 minutes ago, Jez said:

Not heard Dan Reed yet.. I think official release has been put back to mid June

really? that's a bugger, really looking forward to this 

[lettard]

6 minutes ago, Jez said:

Not heard Dan Reed yet.. I think official release has been put back to mid June

Is it   have this preordered from them...think it was to be a March release.

Of this years releases I have Kissin Dynamite & Giant...both very good...and I've heard the Fate tunes...still can't really find much info on that one? I wasn't much of a fan of the last Edge Of Forever disc..apart from a tune or two

Edited February 1, 2022 by lettard

[Jez]

2 minutes ago, Glen said:

really? that's a bugger, really looking forward to this 

Yeah..Tour with Reckless Love has been put back to Aug/Sept too.

[Jez]

Just now, lettard said:

Is it   have this preordered from them...think it was to be a March release.

Of this years releases I have Kissin Dynamite & Giant...both very good...and I've heard the Fate tunes...still can't really find much info on that one?

Announced on their FB page today..Tour and album re-scheduled. 

[lettard]

1 minute ago, Jez said:

Announced on their FB page today..Tour and album re-scheduled. 

Is the Reckless Love disc still out this month?

Edited February 1, 2022 by lettard

[Jez]

1 minute ago, lettard said:

Is the Reckless Love disc still out this month?

As far as I know...I do hope so...really looking forward to it

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Yarp. I needs it. All my previous concerns were erased when "Turborider" dropped. If that's the quality of the entire album...

[heavyharmonies]

I just noticed as I was adding the new Dan Reed Network to the site that this summer/fall they are doing a number of dates with Reckless Love in the UK. That would be a heck of a show based on the new albums from both.

[Glen]

52 minutes ago, heavyharmonies said:

I just noticed as I was adding the new Dan Reed Network to the site that this summer/fall they are doing a number of dates with Reckless Love in the UK. That would be a heck of a show based on the new albums from both.

mentioned this in the RL thread. Defo going but it's been postponed once already 

[Glen]

PS jez mentioned it in this thread lol 🤪