This London band AJTS have a lot going for them, they have bags of confidence which is always a good start, and the thing that makes them stand apart from the current crop of British alternative rock is that they simply demand your attention. Musically and image wise, from the opening song on this disk, "Only Living Witness" and beyond the band produce quality heavy rock music.
There is a hard edged grunge style to the first effort, smoothed over with a tinge of glam rock sleaze. The band find themselves somewhere between Rachel Stamp and The Wildhearts here. Searing and quality guitars bleed into our ears infecting our core, while drums beat at the skull only so that the sultry male vocals may soothe us so that all we want to keep on dancing.

Second offering here is "Death Tonight," and this is much slower and a touch darker to begin with. The band retains their rock hard beats and rhythm that make everything they do worth of a mosh-pit. Fans of Soundgarden and Therapy? will lap this one up, it's melodic and full of supercharged riffs and blatant emotion on the part of vocalist Aaron John. This band seems to recall everything that was great about rock music in the mid to late nineties. No, it's not Nu-metal, it's powerful, relevant and frankly up-lifting, an alluring beast tears us apart here.

Finally, "Stories" conjures images of how great this band are and have the potential to be, obviously there is more work to be done and the band will only grow and develop. With this last song though, one imagines a band pouring every ounce of themselves into a live show, swaying and bouncing in time with every beat and chord. This is the would-be anthem for the band. Aaron John's lyrics are constantly tight on this record, basic and cutting…the stuff of sing-alongs…and record deals. Simple as that.

With exposure in Metal Hammer earlier this year and a host of radio interviews under their belt, its full speed ahead Aaron John and The Stalkers, Good Luck!

For Fans Of: CKY, Rachel Stamp & Therapy?

By Dom Smith

Dom @ The Talk Magazine & Eyemusik.

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