The following CD
review was originally published in November 2015 in the print
issue of "Utropia" (Issue no.7-41.Årgang), Northern
Norway's biggest student magazine at that time.
Heavier
than ever and ready for the final breakthrough
TEXT: Stefanie Singh
Artist: Barbe-Q-Barbies
Album: Driven
Record Label: Sound Of
Finland
Rating: 5/6
Hard
to believe, but true: The Barbe-Q-Barbies are in the Rock'n'Roll
business for almost 15 years now. Hailing from Finland's capital
Helsinki, the five "femme fatales" Niki Rock (Vocals),
Kaisa (Guitar), Ekkis (Guitar), Niina (Drums) and Minttu (Bass)
released their long awaited debut album "All Over You" in
October 2010. Two and a half years later, the more radio-friendly
"Breaking All The Rules" followed. Now, another two and a
half years later, the third opus "Driven" hits the record
stores, and it was unpredictable whether Finland's hottest girl rock
band would continue to walk the path of more radio airplay and thus
towards the alleged masses, or go "back to the rockier roots".
Well, the good news is that they have opted for the latter. And the
even better news is that "Driven" is even heavier than the
very felicitous debut "All Over You".
Already
the opener "Babylon" is quite a rock smasher and was wisely
chosen as the first single release, followed by "Under My Skin".
The third and brand new single release is "Stone Cold".
While listening to this song, you can here and there imagine quite
well how Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose would interpret it. That's
quite an achievement because the AC/DC sound in songs like "Queen
Deadly" accompanies the Barbe-Q-Barbies already since their
debut.
With
"Driven", Niki Rock & Co. have clearly opted for the
rockier path en route to the final breakthrough, and that's a good
thing. The majority of the audience at live concerts consists anyway
of male metalheads and not of little girls. Norway's capital Oslo
already had the pleasure. In Tromsø, you can at least order "Driven"
easily via "Backbeat - Kaffe & Vinyl".
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