▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Thunder ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Rip It Up █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-02-18 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Hard Rock ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Ear Music ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ THUNDER will release a brand new studio album, █ █ "Rip It Up", on February 10, 2017 through █ █ earMUSIC. The disc, the band's eleventh, features █ █ eleven brand new songs recorded in 2016, and is █ █ proof positive that this is a band that exists █ █ only to push itself and aim higher. Following on █ █ from the Top Ten success enjoyed by previous █ █ release "Wonder Days", "Rip It Up" ù as the title █ █ suggests ù sees Danny Bowes, Luke Morley, Ben █ █ Matthews, Chris Childs and "Harry" James █ █ stretching themselves musically, lyrically and █ █ creatively. █ █ █ █ Frontman Danny said simply: "After the positive █ █ reaction to 'Wonder Days', we were very happy, and █ █ it justified the approach we took in the writing █ █ and recording. We decided to push it further on █ █ all fronts this time, to see what happened, and I █ █ think it shows in the writing and the individual █ █ performances. We couldn't have made this album 10 █ █ or even 5 years ago, we weren't good enough! We're █ █ really looking forward to playing the new tunes █ █ live alongside the more established ones." Fans █ █ don't have to wait long, the band will embark on a █ █ nationwide U.K. tour in March, with full details █ █ and ticket links on the band's web site. █ █ █ █ This album comes nearly three decades into their █ █ career and, if 27 is normally famed and feared as █ █ the rock milestone at which many of the great and █ █ the good have had their creative flames █ █ extinguished, then THUNDER have arrived with a █ █ bulging bag of tunes, a notebook of great lyrics, █ █ a jerrycan of petrol, and a match. There are █ █ rockers, like the incendiary title track, █ █ ripsnorters like "She Likes The Cocaine", while █ █ songs like "Right From The Start" take the pace █ █ down, but turn the intensity up. While the album █ █ closes out with the stylish blues-tinged █ █ melancholia of "There's Always A Loser", it's █ █ clear that the band have continued with their █ █ winning ways. After a summer of great gigs █ █ including killer performances at Ramblin' Man and █ █ Steelhouse festival, the quintet know what works █ █ and how to pace a set of songs. █ █ █ █ Title track "Rip It Up" is more than just a great █ █ and contemporary rock track, it's a statement of █ █ intent. THUNDER, as Danny sings, "Don't do subtle, █ █ don't rely on luck," there's quality in depth and █ █ style to burn here. THUNDER have never sounded so █ █ intent or intense and, whilst this album cleaves █ █ to what made the band's fans fall in love with █ █ them originally, there's risk taking and ambition █ █ aplenty here. THUNDER have no interest in taking █ █ the easy way. █ █ █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. No One Gets Out Alive 4:21 ░ ░ 2. Rip It Up 4:43 ░ ░ 3. She Likes The Cocaine 4:34 ░ ░ 4. Right From The Start 5:23 ░ ░ 5. Shakedown 4:09 ░ ░ 6. Heartbreak Hurricane 4:46 ░ ░ 7. In Another Life 4:57 ░ ░ 8. The Chosen One 5:09 ░ ░ 9. The Enemy Inside 3:10 ░ ░ 10. Tumbling Down 5:25 ░ ░ 11. There's Always A Loser 4:38 ░ ░ 51:15 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░