One Way Ride - Straight Up! - Music & Performance - CD

STRAIGHT UP is the debut album from Long Beach, California-based band One Way Ride. The band's hard-rocking, edgy music is perfectly titled; it delivers a knockout punch straight to your cranium. Pounding tracks are supplemented with harmonies, catchy melodies, and that certain hit-making factor.

Songs such as "Pot of Gold," "Litefoot," and "Train Song" show the variations in the band's polished songwriting style, and producer Don Gehman (Hootie & The Blowfish, R.E.M.) allows the band's diversity to shine through. Other highlights here include "La-Ti-Da," "Beautiful Blue," and "You Say." STRAIGHT UP is a winning debut.