Album Review: Jyrki69 - "American Vampire"
Literally just sneaking into our reviews pile at the last moment for 2021 comes this second solo album from erstwhile 69 Eyes frontman Jyrki69. American Vampire is the follow-up to 2017's Helsinki Vampires and sees him assembling an impressive guestlist for a mix of originals and covers. Pleased to report that this one gets off to a strong start with Jyrki teaming up with Swedish glam-turned-industrial merchants Shotgun Messiah to cover Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll from their Second Coming album and it's just as much of a freewheeling blast as ever. A gothed-up cover of White Rabbit featuring Billy Idol's axeman-in-chief Steve Stevens is alright for what it is and a team-up with goth perennials Rosetta Stone on Dreamtime basically sounds more like an RS song that just happens to have Jyrki on vocals with its icy guitars and Sisters style drum machine. So a bit of a mixed bag for an opening trio then and to be honest, American Vampire continues in this v...