The exciting Swedish band Miss
Behaviour is releasing their
third full length album 'Double Agent'.
Their earlier discs are; 'Heart of
Midwinter' from 2006 and 'Last Woman
Standing' released in 2011. Miss Behaviour delivers some tasteful and
very stylish hard rock songs with cheeky
guitars and a clean, airy AOR vocals
from Sebastian Roos. This is Swedish
melodic hard rock in same high caliber
like; Work of Art, Eclipse, WET,
Degreed, Grand Design and Houston. Miss Behaviour's biggest influences
are from
bands like: Journey, Magnum,
Foreigner, Toto and Bad English.
It oozes of fine and delightful
80's hard rock with classy melodies that
settles like soft and smooth balm over
my old worn out rock soul. Great guitar
riffs, high clean vocals along with
dense and thick keyboards create a
foundation for the tactful melodies that
float freely in the room. Miss Behavoiur has several tracks on
'Double Agent', which sounds like songs
Europe or Def Leppard could had recorded
in the old, glory days. The very
beautiful ballad 'Corporation Arms' is a
true AOR classic tune.
'On With the Show' is the strong
opening track and is the BIG hit track
in my point of view. Very driven hard
rock with steamy, groovy refrains.
Excellent guitars and a sound which
feels very close to H.E.A.T. I hear Bon
Jovi, Heart and Warrant as inspiration material
in the concluding tracks. Seasoned with glamorous
guitar and pure clear vocal efforts. The title song
'Double Agent' and 'Cold Response' are
woven in a more purely melodic AOR
material with softer and more easygoing
sound. A little edgier guitars and
heavier drumming makes 'Magical Feeling' a
harder song, although it's still within
the silky AOR folder. 'Corporation Arms' is a
power ballad with superb vocals from Sebastian. In
'Love Reflector'
the pace goes up several levels and is a
quite cheeky and crispy track with
sparkling guitars.
The next ballad on the album is
the strong song 'Edge of the World',
which could be something Europe wrote
in the 80's. The danceable song 'Don't
Let It End' is actually a big guitar
track with some fancy hooks and catchy
riffs. 'Midnight Runner' is maybe the
weakest song on the album and doesn't
grab my attention. The almost eight minutes
long track 'The Cause of Liberty' is by
far the best song on 'Double Agent' with
pleasant rhythms and with diverse tempos
and majestic guitars. 'The Cause of
Liberty' is a song, which demands several
spins to get under the skin. 'Dancing
with Danger' is one of the better tunes
with some fine guitar candy. 'Silver Rain' is a nice
ballad that closes the album with style.
All twelve songs are superb
composed and the production is flawless.
A big music box filled with several
shining AOR gems and a pile of hard rock candy
bars, which are flavored with
different tastes.
An album for the fans of the
melodic hard rock / AOR to be enjoyed
for a long time. A very nice and new
acquaintance to me and I will
immediately check their previous albums out.
Lineup:
Sebastian Roos - Vocals
Erik Heikne – Guitars
Henrik Sproge –Keyboards
Nicky Bloom– Bass, Guitar
Magnum Jacobs – Drums
