Yielding from a place on earth where heavy metal and psychotic rock reigns supreme, Royal Republic have clearly absorbed the scene around them in creating their second masterpiece, Save The Nation.
Without over doing it, the four piece have displayed their classy instrumental talents, kicking off with title track ‘Save The Nation’, which immediately showcases the close-nit chemistry of the group.
Following up, ‘Be My Baby’, a guitar laden rock out with some catchy lyrics, sets the mood for the rest of the album.
In similar fashion, ‘Strangers Friends Lovers Strangers’ reintroduces some classic guitar riff-idge; a feature which gives the album such character.
‘Punch Drunk Love’ contains many punk-esque qualities – pacing drum fills, frantic powerchord strumming and mischievous lyrics, clearly displaying the band’s rock genre versatility.
Approaching the end of the record, ‘Let Your Hair Down’ lets us into Royal Republic’s groovier side, with some clever strumming re-introducing some, almost surf-esque guitar running and catchy rhythmic patches.
The album sounds very balanced. The right combination of upbeat, energetic rock outs, partnered by a collection of melodically soothing platforms is the gap taking this release from a good album to a great album.
