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Feb 22, 2017There’s a joyous spontaneity behind the obvious discipline. What makes this such a damn fine record is that the band never allow themselves to get bogged down in minutiae; it’s the big picture which counts.
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Kerrang!Feb 3, 2017This is no tribute, however, just a mighty fine hard-rock album. [4 Feb 2017, p.52]
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Feb 3, 2017Black Star Riders have delivered a record befitting their pedigree. [Mar 2017, p.94]
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Feb 3, 2017The band deftly treads the fine line between revival and revision, blasting out fistfighting hard rock anthems like “Dancing with the Wrong Girl” and “Cold War Love” that synthesize Thin Lizzy’s flair for raging riffs, jazzy chords, twin-guitar harmonies, and ruggedly romantic words into something that’s both fresh-sounding and satisfyingly familiar.
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Feb 3, 2017What began as an extension of post-Phil Lynott-era Thin Lizzy has become something far more nuanced, and with three solid studio albums now in their rear-view mirror, it would seem that Black Star Riders have successfully managed to embrace the past without losing themselves in it.