The Trews - Time Capsule (2016)

Is there anything more daunting than taking stock? Actually hitting the pause button on our go-go-go lives long enough to size things up, to scan the rear-view before accelerating forward? Answer: no. But those brave or crazy enough to do just that often find themselves richly rewarded. Take rock and roll vets The Trews. With the release of their career-best survey Time Capsule - and by 'careerbest,' we mean chart-topping radio hits plus fan favourites, deep cuts and four absolutely scorching new songs – the quartet can coolly appraise their hard-earned successes before confidently blazing new trails. Time Capsule is a snapshot of The Trews at their peak: five studio albums (two certified gold) plus multiple EPs and a live album), 16 Top 10 singles (two certified gold), and the same unassailable creative ambition that propelled them onto the planet's most prestigious stages as headliners and alongside legends including (but not limited to) the Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, Guns N' Roses and Aerosmith. All things considered, a career inventory-slash-band recalibration of Time Capsule's sort seems entirely appropriate at this juncture....