Hungarian heavy rock four-piece Ozone Mama will release their third album, Cosmos Calling, on Jan. 19 as their debut on Ripple Music. Whether it’s the element of bluesy Southern twang that shows up in the title-track, “The Alchemist” or the earlier “Straight on Till Morning Light” — pretty much anytime they break out the organ — or the unbridled hook that makes “High Ride” such a shimmering standout, the record boasts a clarity of intent and craft front to back that coincides with its straightforward, frills-need-not-apply ethic of songwriting. And it very much lives up to that ethic in performance and execution — it can sound clean because there’s nothing it needs to mask beneath a layer of sonic grit.
01. Evil Ways
02. Straight On Till Morning Light
03. Doppelganger
04. High Ride
05. Feel So Alive
06. Shout At The Sky
07. Cosmos Calling
08. Freedom Fighters
09. Cold Light Of Day
10. The Alchemist
11. Moon Pilot