Billionaire – Ascension

Artist: Billionaire

Title: Ascension

Label: Universal

Rating: 4/10

Billionaire is a rock group. They count their heroes as The Beatles, The Who, Boston, Burt Bacharach, and more of those who gave us music that was larger than life. Billionaire sounds a bit like Jane’s Addiction, up until “Joy Maker”, which has big hair quality.

Think power chords mixed with a happy-go-lucky melody that brings the ’60’s into this millennium. “Never Going Back” is pretty, but just doesn’t suck you in. And neither does the rest of the album.

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