Nite City (1977) Bitter Sky Blue - LOST 70s GEMS

 A jazzier arena rock sound than the Doors, not surprisingly its all a little too mellow with little keyboards support from Manzarek. But ultimately driven just as much by lead singer Noah James who would depart before their second album, which is a shame as his melodic vocals are engaging and central to the AOR material. This is a solid package of rock songs but they lack any discernible character or personality to make them edgy enough for critics, though song for song they are far more consistently than say Journey who struggled to keep the deep cuts as catchy as their hits. Also the warped organ on Love Will Make You Mellow sounding like its emerging in and out of water is cool sounding along with more laser blaster synth work would have made this album a little more interesting.

Bitter Sky Blue with its winsome melody of an ELO mix of RnB rhytmm of buoyant piano, frosty synths and heavily treated pop guitar. But the aerial synths of Summer Eyes and the heavy blues of Caught in a Panic are worthy of a listen too.