I told myself that since 2019, we no longer had at the start of the year the new album of 'Last Autumn's Dream', 'Fourteen' having been released in early 2018 and 'Mikael Erlandsson' having decided to record a solo album 'Capricorn Six' in 2019, here is 2020 which sees the release of the same album… no, I'm told in the headset that despite a fairly similar cover, this is not a 7th solo album but, after the split of 'Last Autumn's Dream', a brand new project under the name of 'Autumn's Child'; well, the Swede has made a new child and the baby is doing well : exit 'Nalle Pählsson', 'Peter Söderström', 'Ulf Wahlberg' and 'Jamie Borger' and hello the new kids with 'Pontus Åkesson' on lead guitar , 'Claes Andreasson' playing acoustic guitar and additional keyboards and the joysticks of this first opus, 'Jona Tee' (HEAT) on keyboards, 'Hired Guns' on bass and 'Robban Bäck' on drums (Eclipse, WET). Given the pedigree of each artist, there is no need to make you languish : we are on the right foot in a melodic rock which has become a Scandinavian specialty with an impressive number of formations which gravitate in this style of music. But we must admit that 'Mikael Erlandsson' has this talent for composing melodic nuggets which are all remarkable both in energetic titles like the catchy 'Glory' with Hispanic intonations or 'Cryin for Love' and his chorus that enter directly into your head or even 'Face the Music' and 'You're Breaking My Heart Again' influenced by the 80s, but also in ballads and the album includes three magnificent 'Victory', 'Sayonare Eyes' and 'Heaven Knows Your Name' and an equally memorable mid-tempo, 'Everytime'.
In summary, it is still a beautiful album that we concocted 'Mikael Erlandsson' which is in the continuity of his old formation 'Last Autumn's Dream' and, therefore, 'Autumn's Child' should please a large audience loving an efficient and accessible melodic rock from the first listening... | |
