_{“Heroes And Villains” is the latest album from FM and was released via Frontiers Records on 20th April. Normally the “NI Rocks Recommends” feature relates to albums that have been sent to the station for airplay / review, but this is another of those rare occasions where I’ve decided to write a recommendation for an album that wasn’t. I’d interviewed singer Steve Overland just over a year ago, before FM’s appearance in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1454-ni-rocks-interview-with-steve-overland-of-fm.html - and was looking forward to hearing the new album. After celebrating their 30th anniversary last year, FM has definitely delivered the goods with “Heroes And Villains”. The new album is being promoted by a tour through England and Scotland during May; accompanied by Romeo’s Daughter (who’ve just released their album “Spin”) and Northern Ireland’s No Hot Ashes.}

_{The FM line-up has remained unchanged since 2008 with Steve Overland on vocals, Jim Kirkpatrick on guitar, Merv Goldsworthy on bass, Pete Jupp on drums and Jem Davis on keyboards.}

_{Personal favourites on the album include “Digging Up The Dirt”, “Life Is A Highway”, “Shape I’m In”, “Big Brother” and “Somedays I Only Wanna Rock And Roll”.}

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_{Our friends at Belfast Metalheads have posted their own review of “Heroes And Villains” which can be found here - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/news/blogs/belfast-metalheads-reunited/1816-album-review-fm-lay-bare-the-art-of-aor-on-heroes-and-villains.html}

_{Our recommendation for the new Romeo’s Daughter album was posted recently - http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/back-stage/music-reviews/1872-ni-rocks-recommends-qspinq-by-romeos-daughter.html}

_{The interview with Steve Overland from Feb 2014 can also be heard on our Mixcloud site - http://www.mixcloud.com/NIRocks/}

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_{About “NI Rocks Recommends”}

_{The simple idea behind “NI Rocks Recommends” is to acknowledge and promote some of the great music being submitted to Rock Radio NI. I'll not be giving marks or ratings or analyzing the tracks in great detail; just telling you something about the artist and the album. It’s a personal recommendation, not a traditional “review”!}

_{My musical tastes cover most things rock; from the not too melodic to the not too heavy. The albums that I’ll be recommending are merely those that I would buy myself and which you’ll be hearing played on my shows on Rock Radio NI.}

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