Cocktail Slippers NRC review :In the new-wave are the girl groups became more down to earth by adding electric guitars and singing organs. Cocktail Slippers start where Blondie’s Denis ended, with catchy harmony vocals and songs that tell in simple words (baby, baby) about the cruel truth of love.
Guitarist Little Steven from Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band saw the 5 girl play and immediately offered them a record deal, overpowered by their devotion to rock & roll and the self-assured voice of leadsinger Modesty Blaze.
A cover version of Connie Francis’ 1964 hitsong Don’t Ever Leave Me shows flawless where these ladies get their inspiration from, not far from the place where Bruce Springsteen found his melodramatic rockfeel. Little Steven co-produced the album and wrote the title track St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, a beautiful song about a love that is put through the test in a hurricane. The melody is one you think that has always been there.
Strong songs like the heavy doowopping Love Me Back and the on Da Doo Ron Ron from The Crystals inspired You Do Run give new vitality to a timesless pop-perception, played and sung with a holy believe in own abilities.
Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre rages on for 37 irresistible minutes and has to be put on repeat straight after that, simply because the world lacks a modern-day girl group that gets close to staing in the shadows of these wonderful ‘old-fashioned’ Cocktail Slippers.
You can purchase the CD,LP and download the full album from the record labels website: Wicked Cool Records – http://www.wickedcoolrecords.com/shop/bands/cocktail-slippers
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