AOR - Bewitched In L.A (2023) CD-Rip

The advent of AI in music is the subject of much discussion. Listening to this latest offering from melodic rock plagiarist Frederic Slama you could be forgiven for thinking that everything – including the cover art – has been generated by ChatGPT.

My previous encounter with Slama’s music was when he chaperoned the cheeky girls aka Chasing Violets whose vocals were decidedly off kilter.

He has now enlisted respected melodic rock vocalist Paul Sabu but really this is just awful. Sabu fails to inject any sort of life or character into what appears to be generic stylings that we’ve heard before. In short, he sounds strained throughout. I mean, in terms of the production line mentality, even Frontiers don’t stoop this low.

The only saving grace appears to be the presence of Tommy Denander but what on earth is he doing being associated with such a project?

Of course you could approach this album merely from the standpoint that it’s a tribute to the big hair days of melodic rock and therefore cut some slack and enjoy it for the memories and nostalgia.

Things haven’t moved on since that Chasing Violets album when I commented “somewhat trite play-it-by-numbers session tracks.” Approach with caution unless you still aspire to a mullet.