Crazy Lixx - Crazy Lixx

Published November 11 2014

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Genre	Hard Rock	Danny Rexon	Vocals
Tracks	11	Andy Zata	Guitar
Running time	49 Min.	Edd Liam	Guitar
Label	Frontiers Records	Jens Sjöholm	Bass
Release	07 November 2014	Joél Cirera	Drums
Country	Sweden	-	Keyboard
Producer	Danny Rexon, Andy Zata
Similar artists	---

The fourth and also eponymous release from Swedish rockers Crazy Lixx. A band that never really has hit the charts noticeably and probably is most known for being the first, but narrow, window to fame of current Hardcore Superstar guitarist Vic Zino. This band chiefly performs upright semi-modern hard rock with a little sleaze rock and some glam rock involved and even if the band's own originality in terms of structures might be questioned, I still am able to find things that feel kind of fresh.

This record's strongest disadvantage is that it's fairly dressed in a tight uniform pretty much from start to finish. Without real peaks or killer songs that can break down any doubts and put the material in the driver's seat and form or build up something versatile and towering, a clear feeling of saturation arrives already after a few spins. The record afterwards has in my viewpoint difficulties to lose this state and even though I've listened to it for about a dozen times, it never gets to the point where I see it as a little extra.

I find the band's hard rock to be rather everyday without any real rides to explore something special and attractive. This release is fairly easy to digest and it doesn't take any bigger effort to suck in its content. When pieces are added together, no song on this album is actually poor, but since the lack of really good and impactful songs is apparent as well, this record eventually comes down to a matter of being just something decent, which in the future possibly will get a few occasional moments of playing time in my audio system.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	6	5

Summary
5 chalices of 10 - Tobbe