Addison Road, Addison Road

Addison Road brings us refreshing female-fronted pop rock with their self-titled major label debut. “This Could Be Our Day” starts the album out with smooth; yet biting lyrics backed by catchy hooks, simplified backing vocals and a lot of melody. It also has a great chorus to sing-a-long with and could be an arena rock standard.

Next was their hit single, “All That Matters” which is more soulful than the first song on this disc as it’s harsher in its tone structure and they sound similar to Avril LaVigne or Sophie B. Hawkins with the heavy bass grooves, ubiquitous amounts of high hats and the slight use of male falsetto doo-wop behind the strong female lead was a nice touch.

“It Just Takes One” brings us into a funkier groove with tons of thumping bass, twangy guitars and strings as they get into a danceable fun atmosphere keeping it tight. Addison Road reminds this critic of a less amplified version of Superchick or Inhabited as they have that great mix of male and female with elements of rock, funk, rap and soul, but with more adult contemporary moods than the previously mentioned acts.

They drop another interesting cut that could quite possibly be their second big hit on “Always Love” as it has a nice rock and roll vibe sounding similar to that late ‘70s Southwestern rock thing that mixed blues, folk, rock and country. Although you can definitely hear the sensible mainstream radio voice on this track, this is Addison Road’s and it makes them different from the rest of the same confectioned pure pop groups that have been spewed at us recently. They continued this same progression with “Run.” It’s stripped-down and emphasized on acoustics than big amplifiers creating somewhat of a ballad from this. They finish this release with a softer whisper of a refrain on “What Do You Know Of Holy.”