Like previous albums from this pride of Sweden, you get a wide range of everything. From faster rock classics to bluesy rollers and shivering ballads.<\/span><\/p>\n The origins and ideology to their process of songwriting comes not only from rockabilly, since <\/span>Hannu told in an interview to SVT News<\/span><\/a> they have gathered up influences from various genres, such as heavy metal<\/em>. Man can easily spot these elements from their previous albums and in \u2018Moments\u2019 songs like \u2018<\/span>Cruel Love<\/b>\u2019, \u2018<\/span>Pulling Back the Reins<\/b>\u2019 and \u2018<\/span>Summertime Bop<\/b>\u2019 includes rough guitarwork, pounding drum work and hard rock energy. As I have witnessed this band live, their performance is something phenomenal and especially mind-opening for a metalhead.<\/span><\/p>\n Mainly in \u2018Moments\u2019, Fatboy relies on the basics of a high-quality songwriting and fitting rest of the band perfectly into the concept. If you have a song with a bit harder sound, the next one might be totally different, yet they work together like a charm. \u2018<\/span>Dreaming Like I Did<\/b>\u2019 and \u2018<\/span>Moment That Counts<\/b>\u2019 are great examples how Fatboy can turn the course of the album but still maintain the main route they are in. <\/span><\/p>\n Talking about moody melodies. Fatboy has a history of writing spine-chilling ballads like legendary \u2018<\/span>Last Train Home<\/b>\u2019 and \u2018<\/span>The Wolf Is At The Door<\/b>\u2019. \u2018Moments\u2019 offers an instant classic in the form of \u2018<\/span>The Romantics<\/b>\u2019. A very typical sad love story yet the perfect sound of Thomas delivers strength and impact and makes this as one of the highlights of \u2018Moments\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n There has always been a pinch of movie soundtrack in Fatboy\u2019s sounds and music. In this album the thrilling \u2018<\/span>Black Hole<\/b>\u2019 is something straight out of a <\/span>Tarantino<\/span><\/i> movie and the whole album would work perfectly in a dark and little twisted western movie.<\/span><\/p>\n So far Fatboy have not yet released a weak album and time will tell how \u2018Moments\u2019 will survive in their catalogue. Some songs might still need a bit growing on me but this is a strong and tight musical entirety and highly recommended to anyone who enjoys music well written and performed.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For further reading check out Steel Mill\u2019s show review<\/a>\u00a0and Hannu Kiviaho interview<\/a> from 2014!<\/p>\n![\"4\/5\"](\"http:\/\/kkdowning.net\/steelmill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4k.gif\")
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