Album Review: Go Rydell - The Golden Age

Some things in life are painfully short; like West Ham’s winning streak or holiday from work. In the same manner, 'The Golden Age' is too short. It’s great while its on, but being only a little over fifteen minutes long, it leaves you desperate for more. I guess the length of the album comes with the territory though, as Go Rydell play the kind of melodic hardcore brought to you by Kid Dynamite and Lifetime and bastardised by so many since.

Short, fast bursts of furious music with pop sympathies are the order of the day, an apt description for opener ‘MTA’. It’s all fast and furious from the outset until the singer hollers the line; "boxes of pictures from New York"; when the most bombastic bass line starts and the song morphs into a brief burst of melody.