Sex Slaves - Call Of The Wild

For a band to call themselves Sex Slaves you almost want to completely dismiss them upon reading their name. I came close to doing so but I saw the album cover and went OK fine I will listen to them just to make sure. Not to mention I remembered that I liked some of their previous release. They aren't anything special for sure and their song writing needs work as well as a better producer in the studio would make a huge improvement on what they come up with and how it is put together.

The band finally get close their potential with "I Wanna Kill You" that was immediately likable to me. I love the chorus 'You broke my heart, and I wanna kill you' who hasn't felt that way once or five times! Again with a stronger producer this song is a hit for sure. Another song where they are on the right track is "Get In Line" that has good structure and a melody with a decent set of lyrics for this style but the lead vocals are wrong all wrong in the effects department. This song should be cleaner with big pomp vocals everywhere like you'd hear on a Def Leppard album with a very Train lead vocal track to make it more dynamic.

I have to admit I'm finding much to enjoy here and I'd love to have them go back in the studio with someone who has a greater vision like Jimmy Miller who did wonders with Primal Scream or
Mike Clink, Michael Wagener, Bob Rock for too many reasons to mention and then they would be in great hands with one of my heroes Butch Walker. The back end of this album seems to be the better part musically. I really hear massive hit potential with this band and if Chad Kroger isn't too busy writing Avril Lavigne's new record he should get his ass over to sign Sex Slaves to his label and he can mold the band into the gold status group that they can easily be.

If you want to hear a fun party rock record Call Of The Wild is for sure one. The production bothers me some and the vocalist could be used in a much better way as he's a pretty good singer. But you won't go wrong with "Cool Ride" and "Let's Make Out" along with the ones mentioned previously as well as the closing track "I Got Drunk" that begs for a Bob Rock slick AOR production.