Guess where this melodic hard rock formation came from. And yes, it is still Sweden, a great provider of formations with melodic hits to wonder if they don't have a factory hidden somewhere in the great Nordic spaces to manufacture so many formations in this style. At the same time as 'WET', they released their second album simply called 'II' after 'Creye' in 2018. Guitarist 'Andreas Gullstrand' founder of the group is not unknown because he participated in the project 'Grand Slam' (which has practically disappeared from the radar, the album is no longer on spotify) and this new opus sees the arrival of a new singer 'August Rauer'. With 'Creye', we are right in the AOR of the 80s and the melodic rock distilled by the Swedes is quite soft with references like 'Asia', 'Toto', 'Journey' or even 'Boston' and to quote artists who have released albums recently, 'Stan Bush', 'Magic Dance' , 'Rob Maratti' or still 'Pride Of Lions'. They offer us 12 melodic compositions at will with omnipresent choirs, keyboards at the same level as the guitars and a singer who has a very pleasant voice and completely adapted for this style of music. Impossible to bring out a particular title because they all have this 'melodic touch' which makes each of them a jewel that is tasted with pleasure and this, entry with 'Broken Highway', very representative of the whole and if you are not sensitive to the heady refrains of 'Find a Reason', 'Siberia' (which has a little melodic lines close to 'Def Leppard') or even 'Can't Stop What We Started', go your way and for the others, leave you take away by this melodic rock that takes us back to the 80s. In short, 'Creye' offers us a very pleasant album to listen to with melodic lines which give the impression that they have always been part of our life, which destines this number 'II' of the Swedes to a large audience loving an elegant and very accessible AOR... | |
