US rock veterans Love/Hate have thrown their Hollywood street party back into gear and will release their first full-length album since 1995 next month. They are reshaping and renewing modern rock. If you desire a fix of pure rock adrenaline with a chorus that remains in your ear, this one’s about to become your latest obsession.
Released on Kenyon Records, it does not waste time, dancing around you with high-voltage riffs and a rhythm section that pounds like you were hit with a hammer. The song is a glorious amalgam of now and then: the beat of modern hard rock wrapped in the inimitable swagger of throwback arena choruses. It’s not very polite or melodic; it’s got that shout-along energy that endeared all of us to rock in the first place.
“Over The Edge” is a fists-pumping, boot-stomping hook that demands to be played at top volume, windows down, hair flying free. It’s the type of earworm that doesn’t wait for the invitation to move in; it just moves in. Then, days later, you’re humming it in the shower, in traffic, or walking into the grocery store like you’re about to headline your tour.
Love/Hate has done what it does best: sticking to its hard rock guns and still managing to sound relevant and not like an old band attempting to reclaim its glory. There is no middle ground here; there is only pure conviction, pure talent, and a dwindling reminder that rock’s heartbeat still beats very strongly. Love/Hate reminds us that big shouty choruses, blazin’ guitars, and raw energy still exist in the world of over-polished factory tracks and forgotten hooks.
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