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SWEDEN:
Listen up folks, here we have a new AOR sensation in Sweet Crystal.
Sweet Crystal is a 3-piece Christian act from US and they plays AOR with
POMP influences in same style and quality as 80's Asia, Cannatta, John
Wetton and Tradia. They open up with a track written by Chris Eaton
called "Do You Believe In Love".
This is a superb AOR song with lots of keyboards and great arrangements
in a very 80's Asia style. The singer Marq Andrew Speck sounds a lot like
John Wetton. Next song "Soldiers Of The Crown" is little like Saga
meets Cannatta. This song has very pompish keyboards that are all over
it. "Where I Think Of You" is a POMP/AOR song with great harmonies
and a good mix of both guitars and keyboards. This song reminds of Tradia
at there best. The ballad "This Way Forever" is a nice piece of work
and has a Cannatta feel over it with nice female vocals in the background.
"In God We Trust" is the best song of the album.
This is a catchy POMP/AOR song with some dut-dut keys in the start and
impressive harmony vocals in the chorus. Tradia is written all over this
song and the keyboard sound are just amazing. The album ends up with
two instrumental songs. One of them "Looking Back" is a beautiful song
that makes you wanna dream away. This is a song with wonderful and amazing
piano work from the singer and it sounds like it could have been played
by J. Cain of Journey. Man, I can just imagine how good this song
would be with words.
Well this is a album for all your AOR maniacs that miss the good old days
with Asia, Cannatta and Tradia. I hope that these guys will be discovered
over here in Europe by some of the leading AOR-labels. This will
be one of this years biggest surprises.
Juha Harjula
www.melodic.net
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