XXX, the followup to 2006's Spit It Out, is the bands first recorded output since parting ways with Jeff LaBar, and if anyone was worried that it would change the output of the band, they can now rest easy. The blues is most certainly still kicking ass. Just like with their last album, musically, as you would expect from anything that Cinderella's Eric Brittingham is involved in, is top notch, and if anything better than on Spit It Out, and Inga has certainly improved vocally, and she was great in the first place.

The main difference here on XXX though, is the band have moved away from the more sleazy rock n roll sound that they had going on last time out, and moved both feet forward into a straight up blues rock sound. That has upsides and downsides. The upsides is that they're very good at what they do, and that shows. The downside is that something just feels likes it's lacking, the sassiness for lack of a better word from tracks like Spit It Out just isn't here.

I leave it to you to balance up whether that's a good or bad thing of course. Personally, I think this is rock solid, and the band are going from strength to strength, albeit in a slightly altered direction.

Lineup:

Inga Brittingham - Vocals
Kris Casamento - Guitars
Eric Brittingham - Bass
Lisa Rav - Drums