{"id":26645,"date":"2025-06-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26645"},"modified":"2025-06-11T22:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T22:20:03","slug":"rokets-bad-choices-svart-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26645","title":{"rendered":"Rokets – ‘Bad Choices’ (Svart Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At hi-octane speed, screeching straight out of Helsinki, the Scando-tastic Rokets are up to their eyeballs in adrenaline and rocket-fuel, and ready and waiting to purge your stereo and give your speakers a rock’n’roll laced enema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With more than a nod to another Scandinavian rock outfit, Rokets certainly wear their hearts on their sleeves. But don’t let this put you off. Familiar territory this might be, but it’s trodden with gusto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straight out of the paddock with title track “Bad Choices”, it twists and turns, beating heavy on your chest. Deep and dirty, “Shackles without Chains” slinks in without missing a beat. Anthemic sing-along choruses guaranteed. “Overload” does exactly what it says on the tin, complete with a gorgeous guitar tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a record that definitely benefits from repeat listens, tracks like “White Raven” and “Law and Order” only get better once you get into their groove and have the potential for playlist stalwarts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The record leaves us with a well-thought-out number, “Diamonds and Dust,” and the last track<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Lights Out”. The former is quite paced but will have you punching the air in no time, leaving the listener with the latter, speeding off like a getaway car, you’re whiplashed with adrenaline withdrawal coming up for air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wheel certainly has not been redefined on this LP, but Rokets have certainly engineered something special and engaging and keep on drawing you back in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author: Dan Kasm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At hi-octane speed, screeching straight out of Helsinki, the Scando-tastic Rokets are up to their eyeballs in adrenaline and rocket-fuel, and ready and waiting to purge your stereo and give your speakers a rock’n’roll laced enema. With more than a nod to another Scandinavian rock outfit, Rokets certainly wear their hearts on their sleeves. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5387,2456],"class_list":["post-26645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-dan-kasm","tag-rokets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26649,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26645\/revisions\/26649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}