"Siren's Song" is the second album from The Union, a band featuring former Thunder guitarist Luke Morley, and former Winterville frontman Peter Shoulder. Their 2010 self-titled debut was a well received slab of blues-rock, and "Siren's Song" builds on its predecessor well. The guys have crafted an intelligent blues and folk influenced hard rock record, which not only withstands multiple listens, but more than merits them too.
"Siren's Song" opens well with it's title track, the acoustic intro slowly fading into a powerful blues-rock riff that wouldn't have felt out of place in either man's previous bands. From there on, the band mix acoustic and electric guitars throughout the album, with Shoulder's voice soaring over the top of them beautifully. An album highlight is "Cut The Line", a mainly acoustic song, with a piano played the entire way through, and a killer solo, with Shoulder's vocals as emotional as anywhere on the record.
The Union have made a very good album here, and with a permanent bassist and drummer added, will be able to really turn it up in the live setting. "Siren's Song" may not sell a million copies, but anyone who does listen to it is going to enjoy it immensely.
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