Year : 2021 (Japan Edition)
Style : Hard Rock , Hard FM
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 155 mb
Bio:
Houston is a 5 piece AOR rockband that's been around since their self-titled debut album in 2010 and landed the number one in Classic Rock Magazine’s AOR chart that year, up against outfits such as Unruly Child, Crashdiet, H.e.a.t and Nelson. The band then went on to play the festival circuit with appearances at Sweden Rock, Download Festival UK, Rock of Ages Germany as well as touring the UK with Swedish sleaze rockers CrashDiet. Houston’s second album “Relaunch” featured a cover song called ‘Runaway’ that became the soundtrack to Red Bull’s own Danny MacAskill’s Extreme BMX video ‘Imaginate’ which has over 74 million views on YouTube and 600,000 plays on Spotify and counting. Together with renowned producer and ex MTV rocker Martin Karlegård (Reptile Smile) the band created their fifth album called ‘III’ Martin Karlegård has worked with French Idol singer Jenifer, Swedish pop star Brolle Jr and world famous Swedish band ‘The Sounds’ and has helped the band to add a mature and organic sound to their brand of classy and classic Melodic Rock.
Album:
Frontiers Music Srl is thrilled to announce the signing of Swedish AOR band Houston for a multi-album deal. The band's new studio album, the aptly titled "Houston IV", was produced under the direction of former member and AOR guru Ricky Delin, who also co-wrote with the band."It feels good to have Ricky back behind the wheel on this album. He is an incredible songwriter and we all know the great work he's done on our previous albums. This will be the Houston album above all others", says singer Hank Erix. "We're truly excited about the new music on Houston IV. We knew right from the start that we wanted to go back to our roots and make a classic AOR sounding album again. After all, this was the sound that put us on the map in the first place and what we do best. Sonically, this album is the more refined sibling to our first two albums. We've had a decade to grow as songwriters, musicians and most importantly as a band and I think this really shows", adds Carl Hammar, the band's guitarist."This album and the songs are one big homage to our favourite AOR heroes such as Survivor, Foreigner and Journey, but there are also influences from John O'Banion, Meat Loaf, John Farnham and many more. We wanted to make a great AOR album and make it big, fresh and truly bombastic. And if you want to make a bombastic AOR album, Ricky Delin is the go-to producer. Ricky, who played a big part in creating the Houston sound on our first albums, was as excited as us about the idea of working together again and jumped at the opportunity", continues Carl. Houston released the self-titled debut album in 2010 and landed at number one on Classic Rock Magazine's AOR chart that year, beating out some stiff competition. The band then went on to play the festival circuit with appearances at Sweden Rock, Download Festival (UK) and Rock Of Ages (Germany), as well as touring the UK with Swedish sleaze rockers Crashdïet. Houston's second album, "Relaunch", featured a cover song called "Runaway" that became the soundtrack to Red Bull's own Danny MacAskill's Extreme BMX video Imaginate which has almost 100 million views on YouTube and over 1.3 million plays on Spotify and counting. "It feels great to be part of the Frontiers family, to work with a label that shares our taste in music and has the muscle to get it out to the masses. Needless to say, many (if not most) of our heroes are signed to Frontiers so they are definitely doing something right. Houston and Frontiers deserve each other0," concludes Hank.
Fans can look forward to another classic AOR masterpiece from these Swedish masters with the release of "Houston IV".
Line Up:
Hank Erix - Lead vocals
Soufian Ma'Aoui - Bass
Calle Hammar - Guitars, Backing vocals
Richard Hamilton - Keyboards, Backing vocals
Oscar Lundström - Drums
Tracklist:
01. She Is The Night
02. You're Still The Woman
03. Hero
04. A Lifetime In A Moment
05. Heartbreaker
06. Storyteller
07. Heart Of A Warrior
08. Until The Morning Comes
09. I Will Not Give In To Despair
10. Such Is Love
11. Into Thin Air
12. Hero (Acoustic Version) (Japan Bonus Track)
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