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Artist: Jayce Landberg |
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In an uncertain world you like to believe a few constants will remain and one that I hope will keep on going is the abundance of talent to come out of Scandinavia. During the first quarter of 2010 this trend has already produced some fine albums and another to add to the list is Jayce Landberg’s new album ‘Good Sleepless Night’. An album that once again sees Landberg unite with vocalist Goran Edman of Malmsteen and Victictiv fame, and together with Landberg on guitar, Jens Bock on drums and Christian Pettersson on bass, this quartet, along with a couple of guest appearances (more of them later), have produced a modern day rock album the embraces as much of the past as it does the present. The album opens up with ‘My Valentine’, a track which gets underway with a gritty slung down riff from Landberg before Edman unleashes a great Hard Rock vocal. This is a titanic opener that really grinds out what Landberg wants from this album, not too pink and fluffy, more a meat and bones rock album. The hard rockin’ continues with the sleazy vibe ‘The Devils Wine’ on which we get one of those special guests I spoke of earlier, as Europe’s John Leven lends his bass skill to the track and the equally rocked out ‘Drama Queen’, which has to be one of my favourite tracks off the album. It rocks big style. A real mix of Swedish Glam and modern Hard Rock. The rock just keeps on coming with ‘Skyscraper’, on which Edman powers out another great vocal while the powerhouse rhythm section of Bock and Pettersson keep it together giving Landberg free reign to spew out lick after mother f**king lick. A real rock monster. Keeping that sleazy guitar feeling of 'The Devils Wine', Landberg shows he has all the virtuoso skill of Malmsteen and Vai with the instrumental ‘Sun Dance’, a track for all the budding guitar heroes out there to try. This rock n' roll freight train continues full steam ahead with the modern rocker ‘Bitch Is Back’ and only eases off with the ballad ‘The Thorns’, before getting a head of steam back up for ‘Invasion’, which sees the mike change hands as Mark Boals unleashes his mighty pipes on this one. We also see John Leven lend his bass skills to this one. It's back to Edman for ‘All I Wanna Do (Is You)’, again a towering guitar solo from Landberg gets things underway before Edman stamps those unforgettable Hard Rock vocals on the song. A great mix of head guitar riffs and a monster rhythm section all combined with a great vocal. What more could you ask for? We touch on the epic guitar stylings of Landberg once more for ‘Abduction’, this is his ‘Eruption’, although it's not all Landberg on this one, as Leven punches out a mighty bass solo on this song as well, which just goes to show that four stings really can produce the goods just as well as six strings can. The
album closes on another of my favourite tracks ‘Crazy Lorraine’,
again sleazy guitars licks and a pumping rhythm section and the icing on
the cake Edman’s vocals. This closes the album as it started, with a
big guitar driven rock track and wraps up an album that is just my cup
of tea. If you're like me and like big licks, driven guitars and a
great Hard Rock tracks, then this is must for you. If you're into
any of the Swedish Glam bands, or simply any of those bands that like to
pump out great rock songs, then this is an album for you. It
doesn’t pretend to be anything else but a good hard rocking album, and
that’s what I love about it. |
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Tracklisting: 1.
My Valentine |
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