Work of Art - In Progress

[Bengt Isaksson]

 

Label: Frontiers Records	Music Style: Melodic Rock
Cat. #: FR CD 524	Cod:8024391052426
	www.myspace.com/musicofworkofart

Release date:
EUROPE: August 26^th 2011
NORTH AMERICA: August 23^rd 2011
 
Tracklisting: The Rain; Nature Of The Game; Once Again; Never Love Again; Eye Of The Storm; Until You Believe; The Great Fall; Call On Me; Emelie; Fall Down; Castaway; One Step Away. Includes bonus videoclip: The Great Fall.
 
Work Of Art is what AOR music is all about! Have you ever dreamt of soaring melodies, heavenly hooklines and a musical technique to die for? Then these Swedish boys have it all for you! This band was put together for the first time in 1992 when Herman Furin and Robert Sall met while attending the SÖL school of music. However it took them about 15 years to convince singer Lars Sarfsund to come in to the project full time and devote his time and efforts to the amazing songs the two of them wrote during the years.
 
In January 2007 WOA released their first official demo which immediately caught the attention of critics and fans on the Melodic Rock scene. This soon led to a record deal with Frontiers Records who immediately picked up the band impressed with the quality of the songwriting and performing abilities. “Art Work” the band’s debut was released about one year after the band finished their demo, causing a huge buzz in the Melodic Rock audience, gathering some comments as “I´m really digging this record for an ultra smooth dose of traditional Westcoast / AOR” by Andrew J. McNeice of Melodicrock.com and “the best album of its type I´ve heard in years” by Phil Ashcroft of Fireworks Magazine.
 
Influences like TOTO, Journey and Giant can be easily recognized in their sound, but if the debut album “Artwork” could definitely show that the band was trying to find its way, the follow up “In Progress” shows three guys who have matured a lot their abilities and gel together in a very natural way.
 
“In Progress” gives the Melodic Rock fans all that they’re looking for with songs that stick in your ears from the first second and amazing musical licks. This is the record which everyone was waiting for and if the work’s now “In Progress” who knows what will happen when it will be finally done?
 
WORK OF ART “In Progress”
Lars Säfsund – vocals
Robert Sall – guitars, keyboards
Herman Furin - drums

www.myspace.com/musicofworkofart

[Gary Gibson]

(not sure what happened to my previous comment - I may have accidentally deleted it...doh!)

This band is simply FABULOUS - a real flair for melody and pace on display here, crystalline production values and one hell of a vocalist....yes, the TOTO influences are there but they never disguise the fact that this band has its own personality and sound....this, their second album, is surely destined to be THE AOR release of 2011.....LIONVILLE's debut release comes close, I'd guess....but check out the main vocalist in that ensemble!!  Buy WOAs debut album now...you'll be more than impressed.