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Oslo, Norway's The Cocktail Slippers are changing up their sound on their latest single. While the band is known for their hard rockin', glammed up garage rock, "This Town" has a more melodic and pop focused track. It's slightly too fast to be a power ballad, but it's power ballad adjacent. Despite being more tame than we're used to, this still sounds like a Cocktail Slippers song. It's still a rock song, just a more melodic and less punk version. Instead of rocking out during "This Town," you'll be more inspired to hold up your lighter. The Cocktail Slippers say of their latest single: "THIS TOWN is an ode to our residential town, Oslo, Norway. But most of all, it's a song reflecting on the different layers in any town.  You have dark streets, shady people at the same time as you have kids playing, sunshine and good vibes. THIS TOWN has a more melodic and poppy sound than the hard rocking 70's inspired songs we have released...

Last year's show from The Cocktail Slippers at Midway Cafe was one of my 2025 musical highlights, and now the Norwegian band are back with a new single and a new singer. Sandra Szabo (aka Flame) joined the band earlier this year, and the band just released "Joyride." The line up change hasn't affected the band's sound, with the new song being a huge, arena ready garage rock meets glam track. The song sounds somewhat restrained, and it slinks along at a medium speed. This is just rock and roll for the sake of being fun, and that's exactly why we love The Cocktail Slippers. "Joyride" is a straight up rock song with enough of a pop injection to make it incredibly catchy. If you love rock and roll, you probably already love The Cocktail Slippers. Guitarist Stine Bendiksen (aka Rocket Queen) says of the band's new single: “' Joyride' is, not unlike songs such as ‘Highway to Hell’ by AC/DC, ‘We’re an American Band’ by Grand Funk Railroad and ‘H...