Animal Attraction

Animal Attraction is the second album, packed with flashy guitar, bursting beats and choruses you can sing along to at once. Released in 2011, it climbed to No. 10 at home — bettering the debut — and also went gold. Built on 1980s glam metal, the songs are short and vivid, pushing a pop sensibility forward without hesitation. Coming just a year after the debut, it seems to seal in the band's momentum of the time — and yet there's no trace of it having been rushed. Inside the light mood there's real push in the riffs; beyond momentum there's a core as a rock band. “Hot” and the title track became singles and spread the band's name well beyond Finland. Olli Herman's expansive voice makes subject matter that could easily turn coarse sound strangely fresh; he had also led Crashdïet as H. Olliver Twisted. Pepe's guitar balances flash with precision, and the rhythm section of Jalle Verne and Hessu Maxx holds the foundation firmly. A colourful, enjoyable record — perfect for when you want lifting.