{"id":14648,"date":"2015-05-06T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=14648"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:51:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:51:03","slug":"content-neededalbum-review-kickin-valentina-super-atomic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=14648","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Kickin’ Valentina – Super Atomic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kickin\u2019 Valentina \u2013 Super Atomic<\/strong>
\n Release Date: 2015<\/strong>
\n Record Label : Independent<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atlanta sleaze rockers Kickin\u2019 Valentina are back with the follow up to their self-titled album, this time with Super Atomic. Before we get started on the music, can we just take a quick second to address this hilarious artwork on the album cover? My first question for these guys would be, \u201cUh, have you guys not seen the latest album by Black Star Riders. Let\u2019s split this into two exhibits just so you can see what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n

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Ok, now that we got that out of the way, let\u2019s talk about the music shall we? The album opens up with the 30-something second long \u201cSermon\u201d which I\u2019ve heard the band use as their intro for their live set. This I actually have to say was pretty cool and I love how it goes right into the opening song \u201cOn My Side.\u201d Right out the gates with this one I was super impressed as to how great it sounded. Lead singer Joe Edwards has a voice that is just off the fucking charts killer and this song is just a fucking killer song. Matter of fact, I even went back and listened to it a 2nd<\/sup> time because I enjoyed it that much. Unfortunately, I can\u2019t say the same thing for the rest of the album.<\/p>\n

\u201cWrong Way\u201d followed and honestly I couldn\u2019t even make it through the whole song without reaching for the skip button. With its absolutely annoying chorus it pretty much had me not able to take much more. \u201cWhen You\u2019re Gone\u201d was a surprise for me as I felt like this was a really great song but then all of the sudden here comes \u201cFist N\u2019 Twist.\u201d Good lord. These lyrics are absolutely horrendous. My eyes were rolling so much my poor wife thought I was having a stroke as I listened to this with headphones on the couch. \u201cSuper Atomic Poster Boy\u201d and \u201cSome Kind of Sex\u201d were both musically great songs but oh my god, again, those lyrics. They sounded like they were written by an 18 year old back in 1986.<\/p>\n