ALBUM PREVIEW - Broke [N] Blue/ “The Waiting“

BROKE [N] BLUE
"The Waiting"

CD => Cat.-Nr.: SPV CD 085-64242	EAN-Code: 4001617642429
Street Date: 11^th July, 2005	Label: MTM Music 0681-137

Music Style: Melodic Rock

Tracklisting: 01. How Does It Feel 4:31 - 02. Perfect Match 4:58 - 03. Endlessly 3:54 - 04. Heaven Is All 5:07 - 05. Never The Same 4:54 - 06. Keep Me Waiting 4:40 - 07. The Waiting (For A Life) 4:31 - 08. This Time 4:45 - 09. Rivers Are Calling 4:28 - 10. Midnite Show 4:59 - 11. Let Me Out 4:46 - 12. Found It Now 4:38 - 13. First Time 4:32

Line-Up:
Peter Gustavsson - Lead and backing vocals
Eva Eggesjö Abrahamsson - Lead and backing vocals
Ulf Vestlund - Bass and drums
Lars Abrahamsson- Lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards and backing vocals

Guest musicians:
Thorleif "Tolla" Robertsson - Drums on "How does it feel", "Endlessly" and "First time"
Thomas Persson - Drums on "Let me out"
Michael Nilsson – 1st guitar solo on "How does it feel"

Info:
BROKE[N]BLUE from Kolsva, Sweden, is a project with members from different bands playing the original music of Lars Abrahamsson. The lead vocals are shared between Eva Abrahamsson and Peter Gustavsson. Peter was lead guitarist of melodic band Angelize in the 80´s and he is now since many years singer and guitarplayer of cover/partyband Sixpack.

Lars and Eva have been playing in bands for a long time and joined the same band for the first time about 15 years ago.

Ulf Vestlund is fulltime bass player with top cover band DeSotos and works with leading Swedish artists such as Jennifer Brown and Andreas Johnsson.

In 1999, Lars published some songs on the web, which resulted in a lot of interest from webzines and listeners around the world. The song "Back Again" has been on top of the charts at Korean website Soundsky for a long time. After some highscore reviews the band decided to record a full length CD. Ulf joined the band on bass and drums and the debut album "Northern Light" was recorded between Nov 2000 and May 2001.

The new album “The Waiting” was recorded at Balans Studio, owned by Ulf, where he created a sound, made exclusively to fit the bands style. With new album BROKE[N]BLUE will try to give another fine contribution to the AOR/Melodic style and will go on fighting to get this music back on the main charts …

The nice artwork was done by Rainer Kalwitz. Some words from the press about the debut album:

…this fantastic band will soon be releasing their debut album … a fantastic keyboard driven melodic power pop band in the style of Heart, Richard Marx, Van Halen (Hagar), Journey and Alyson Avenue. Eva's voice is simply stunning. Basically Broke[N]Blue deliver killer songs with great hooks topped with a superb production and great vocals from both the two singers. (Nicky Baldrian, Fireworks Mag, VOLTZ Mag, Strutters)

… a real AOR pearl ... Broke[N]Blue are ready for the world. I’m slave to their music! (Andrea Bertamino, Flash Magazine)

... Trust me, you will not be disappointed with the songmaterial here and it’s pretty much a must have for Scandi fans. (Urban "Wally" Wallström - AOR-EUROPE)

... it is the quality of the songs that makes this album what it is and certifies the 82 points that it's getting from me. (Ed Kruijskamp - Rock Report)