Upon first listen to this band I had no expectations of who or what they were which turned out a good thing considering most bands never live up to the anticipation or hype. As aggressive musically as Hollowick are lyrically, they tread the line neatly between the Alt. Rock/pop punk of the likes of Green Day and Foo Fighters, and the vintage arena rock of guitar driven bands from the '70's and ‘80’s, but with a style and sound that’s all their own. The albums opening cut is an aggressive rocker that has a solid chorus and excellent groove from note one "Just Another Day" delivers in spades. The album progresses along quite nicely weaving some straight ahead hard rock into pop rock tunes almost hitting power pop status. The first three songs are the best the band have to offer and don't return to quite as solid ground until you're far into the record where the power ballad "There Goes Another One" presents itself. Another really good tune called "Gimme Gimme" closes the album on the full song front which is again stands high a-top the middle of the albums more filler material. Overall this album is uneven but it plays good enough on a full listen and when the band hit they do so hard and heavy.
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