Alyson Avenue (SWE)

Hard Rock, Melodic Rock , AOR , Blues Rock , Glam & Sleaze Rock , West Coast , Christian Rock
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Alyson Avenue (SWE)

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Alyson Avenue - Changes (2011) (Japan Edition 2017)

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Year : 2011 (Japan Edition 2017)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR , Female vocals
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 157 mb


Bio:

Alyson Avenue is a melodic rock band from Helsingborg, Sweden. The band was formed by keyboardist Niclas Olsson along with then bassist Thomas Lyöskä, the band was originally going to be fronted by a male vocalist until 1995 back-up singer Anette Olzon became a permanent member.Their musical style is described as AOR and melodic rock. Alyson Avenue was formed in 1989 by a couple of friends who intended to play melodic rock in the way Treat and Europe amongst others did. At that time Alyson Avenue had a male vocalist.Anette Olzon was taken in to the band as a back-up singer, but did a great job on a demo recording, and then became a permanent member soon after the band was founded. With a female vocalist, the band’s sound was to be compared with that of Heart and Robin Beck. Their music drifted towards a much more "poppier" sound for a while, but at the rehearsals, the band was only heard playing everything from hard rock to even soul. When playing live, however, Alyson Avenue always had concentrated to perform AOR/hard rock only.In 1995, the main discussion was in what direction the band should go. Some demos with melodic rock had been recorded over the years, and as people obviously liked it, they decided to stay with it.In 1999, the band sent out a demo to the press, and gained huge feedback for their sound. With a little help by the Belgian melodic rock-orientated magazine "Rock Report", Alyson Avenue found the right contacts to some labels. Unfortunately, not much happened, but the band got together to record another new 4-track demo, which finally resulted in a record deal with AOR Heaven.Their debut album, "Presence of Mind", was released in November 2000, and the interest and reviews were far beyond the band's expectations, including a 93/100 rating in Japanese magazine "Burrn!" which was followed by massive sales.In 2003, a little more than 3 years later, Alyson Avenue released a new album titled "Omega".In 2007, Alyson Avenue had slowed down a bit, so when Nightwish went public with the information that they looked for a new lead vocalist, Olzon decided to make a go of it. Some of the members of Alyson Avenue helped Olzon with the demo recordings.After Olzon's departure to Nightwish, the rest of the Band toyed with the idea of starting a new male fronted AOR-band, but those ideas where eventually scrapped and the search of a new female vocalist started.In 2009, Arabella Vitanc joined the band on lead vocals, giving the band new energy to start the work on the 3rd Alyson Avenue record.On 10 June 2011, Alyson Avenue released their third album "Changes" through Avenue of Allies. The record was co-produced by the band members and Chris Laney (Crazy Lixx, H.E.A.T, Brian Robertson) and included guest appearances by Olzon, Michael Bormann (Ex-Jaded Heart, Charade, BISS), Rob Marcello (Danger Danger, Marcello – Vestry), Fredrik Bergh (Street Talk, Bloodbound), Tommy Stråhle and Mike Andersson (Cloudscape, Planet Alliance).On 4 June 2012, Alyson Avenue announced that they were back in the studio writing songs for their 4th album, and promised an album full of hooks in true AOR/melodic rock style.On 27 October 2013, the band announced on their Facebook "[...] that there will be no more albums by Alyson Avenue. The spark just isn´t there anymore." The band members are moving to their own new projects.In 2015 Anette and Niclas joined for songwriting in the vein of the first release but there were no plans for a full album or a full lineup.In 2018 Alyson Avenue played at Melodicrockfest Scandinavia in Malmö in early june, with almost the original lineup (bass player Christer Engholm replaced retired Thomas Löyskä). During the performance, Anette Olzon said that the band is back and now has more fun than ever, so a new record might come in the future. By then the band also re-released the first 2 records, as the copyrights has fallen back to themselves. The band is currently without a new record-label.

Album:

"Changes" was the chosen title for female fronted Swedish melodic rockers ALYSON AVENUE comeback album, in this Japanese edition / reissue including two bonus tracks.After the departure of original vocalist Anette Olzon to Nightwish in 2007, the rest of the band started the search of a new singer. Arabella Vitanc, a hidden Swedish jewel, joined the band giving Alyson Avenue new energy to start the work on new songs, so you can say "Changes" is more than a proper title.Even with a new vocalist, some things have not changed for Alyson Avenue: they still deliver solid and entertaining AOR / melodic rock on "Changes" inspired by the classic sounds of the genre.This time out they were helped by some significant contributors including back up vocals from Olzon, Michael Bormann, guitar work from Rob Marcello (Danger Danger, Marcello-Vestry), and a slick production from veteran Chris Laney (Crazy Lixx, H.E.A.T).The album kicks off with the hard-edged "Liar", which, ironically, has some Nightwish-y elements, especially in the vocal melodies. But the sound / arrangements are 2000's European melodic rock with sharp guitars and tons of keyboards."Will I Make Love" features Michael Bormann (ex-Jaded Heart, Bloodbound, etc) dueting with Arabella, and they do feel very good together. A very commercial modern AOR tune.Title track "Changes" is another heavier track (written by Shiva's Mats Edström) and features Rob Marcello on a scorching lead guitar solo. "Amazing Days" is a favorite, a pure Swedish female-style AOR tune, very Eighties, much in the style of Erika's works. A winner.Next up, "Don't Know If Love Is Alive" is a mid-tempo tune with Heart-like verses and a melodious chorus."Fallen" features a strong riff and a typical Scandi-AOR sound like Treat circa 1987 but with female vocals. Nice keyboard swirls and cool chorus here. Same with "Into The Fire", another favorite, very 'Swedish retro' yet with a modern production.Maybe the most complete vocal performance by Arabella is found on "I Will Be Waiting", hitting some higher notes. The lead guitar solo is sparkling and the keyboards provide a meaty substance."Somewhere" is a more contemporary melodic hard rocker with a modern feel, while "Always Keep On Loving You" again remembers you late Eighties rock in a good form."Changes" is a classy AOR / Melodic Rock album with an updated sound. Niclass Olssson (keyboards and background vocals) handles most of the writing on the record and it shows a more mature touch to each song. Some of the material reminds of older Treat with an updated twist.As to debate over the vocals I don’t see any, I think both original singer Anette and Arabella are talented female vocalists in their own right, the latter probably has less range but still fits the style of the band pretty well with the type of music they play. Mike Andersson of Cloudscape and Fullforce actually sings background vocals on half of the tracks on here adding a nice depth.The band itself and mix master Chris Laney handled the production duties skillfully.Aside from the Japanese edition bonus tracks (recorded at the same sessions) we added two 'extras'; songs taped for Alyson Avenue first album but never released.

Line Up:

Arabella Vitanc - Vocals
Niclas Olsson - Keyboards
Thomas Löyskä - Bass
Tony Rohtla - Guitars
Fredrik Eriksson - Drums

guests:

Michael Bormann - Vocal duet on "Will I Make Love"
Rob Marcello (Danger Danger) - Guitar
Mike Andersson (Cloudscape) - Backing Vocals
Anette Olzon - Backing Vocals
Tommy Stråhle (Cloudscape) - Backing Vocals

Tracklist:

01. Liar
02. Will I Make Love
03. Changes
04. Amazing Days
05. Don´t Know If Love Is Alive
06. Fallen
07. Into the Fire
08. I Will Be Waiting
09. I´ll Cry for You
10. Somewhere
11. Always Keep on Loving You
12. Alone (Japan Bonus Track)
13. What Comes Around (Japan Bonus Track)
14. I Am No Angel [first album outtake] (Extra Bonus Track)
15. Your Love, My Mind [first album outtake] (Extra Bonus Track)


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