Philadelphia band Sheer Mag walks a tightrope between power pop, punk and the 1970s guitar rock championed by bands such as Thin Lizzy.
On Sheer Mag’s debut album, Need to Feel Your Love, the band mixes it up starting with the title track, a borderline dance song (more ’70s rock than punk).
Other songs, like Just Can’t Get Enough, seem straight out of the Thin Lizzy catalog.
Still, Rank and File, Turn It Up, Can’t Play it Cool and other tracks have more of a ’70s and ’80s punk/new wave feel.
If you’re a fan of vintage arena rock or early punk — or both — this is an album worth checking out.
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