AGUA

Despite the name, this album is not the offspring of Deborah Harry and Samantha Fox. It's actually singer Mirko DeFox Galliazzo and multi-instrumentalist Paul Blondie Gidoni. The music, while mostly falling into the arena rock genre, is surprisingly endearing.

As I stated, the songs are very much arena-like in sound. Galliazzo's screeching voice reminds me of many 80's hair bands. It's Gidoni's instrumentation and songwriting that helps this album transcend the genre. The guitar solos are not spectacular, but always tasteful. And the keyboards are never overbearing, yet they provide a complexity that gives the album enough prog creds to gain them access to this site.

the album is very short, but it packs a wallop.