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here is no escaping
T time. So, when some
precious time is lost, it makes
it all the more important to do
whatever you can do to make
the most of what is left - and,
with fifth studio album ‘Tur-
borider’ now powering into
our eardrums, Finnish rockers
Reckless Love are not only
back to doing what they do
best, but are also doing that
better than almost anyone else
in 2022.

ver since their sublime, self-titled
Edebut album in 2010, the Reckless
Love gang have worn their 80s-influenced
hearts on their sleeves and their maiden sin-
gle ‘Beautiful Bomb’ was not only attention-
grabbing, but a welcome nod back to an era
full of happy nostalgic memories for so
many.
But, since then, they have proved that
they are far from a nostalgia act or a one-
trick pony and that their take on rock ‘n’ roll
is just as valued in today’s era as it was 30
years ago. They showed this by pumping
out an impressive three further albums
within a six-year span, each providing some
epic bangers to enhance their back cata-
logue and live show and satisfy their fan-
base while also enticing new members to
their audience.
Following the touring cycle of 2016’s ‘In-
Vader’, the band took a break. This, of
course, was followed by the coronavirus
pandemic, which caused a break in touring
for all bands. This, however, allowed Reck-
less Love to work on the follow-up to ‘In-
Vader’. ‘Turborider’ was originally scheduled
for a February 25th release, but officially re-
leased on March 25th, 2022.
It is charismatic frontman Olli Herman
who joins Black Velvet today, clearly a little
sleepy as he talks about adapting to life with
his recently-born son, but more so excited
Get Going lays including their upcoming UK and Euro-
and full of anticipation at returning to the
Get Going
stage full-time on the back of ‘Turborider’,
after suffering various false starts and de-
pean tour, which was rescheduled.
With the title track of the new album de-
scribed as defining the change they have
gone through during their recent absence,
we begin by asking what prompted this time
away from the spotlight and whether it was
a plan or a requirement.
“It was planned. It was needed,” Olli
replies. “But it was planned differently, so
part of it was bad luck, which was the pan-
demic. We didn’t plan that,” he adds with a
chuckle. “After 2018 we decided it was time
to take a break. We’d been touring pretty
much non-stop for eight years. I didn’t have
any family back then, but the rest of the

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