(Melodic Hard Rock/AOR) Escape (ex-Pulse, Bob Catley) - Дискография 2012-2013 (2 альбома), FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

#777Продолжительность: 50:04
Треклист:
1. Still Alive
2. Unbreakable
3. Best Of Me
4. Living On The Wrong Side
5. Read Between The Lines
6. New Horizon
7. Night To Remember
8. Moment In Time
9. Bring You Down
10. Rescue Me
11. Heartbreak City (bonus track)
Состав:
Stevie K - vocals
Vince O'Regan (Pulse, Bob Catley, Alibi, Legion) - guitars
Andy Mills (Pulse, Alibi) - bass
Andy Pierce - drums
Roland Moog - keyboards

#777Продолжительность: 50:49
Треклист:
1. Lost And Found
2. Coming Home
3. Marianne
4. Restless Heart
5. Don't Leave Me Lonely
6. Where We Are You Now
7. Borderline
8. Take Me To The Limit
9. Angel Eyes
10. Young Guns Dream
11. Calling Out To You
Состав группы:
Stevie K - vocals
Vince O'Regan - guitars
Andy Pierce - drums
Dave J McVeigh - bass
Irvin Parratt - keyboards

A new band, although guitarist Vince O’Regan is involved and has appeared on albums from Eden and Legion amongst others. On vocals is a new name Stevie K who has a strong, melodic vocal and on keyboards Roland Moog – doubt its his real name and with no pic of him on the inlay sleeve maybe one of the other band members tinkles the ivories?
The music is like a long lost 80′s AOR/melodic rock album and the keys are very string sounding – like on Shy’s album last year – which can be an acquired taste. Picks of the album are ‘Still Alive’, ‘Moment In Time’ and the title track feature massive banks of keys, a couple of top draw guitar solos and Stevie K’s soaring vocals. The semi-ballad ‘New Horizon’ is okay but lacks some real musical magic and the production can sound a little flat at times – an album like this needs a nice deep, rich sound.
This album took a couple of years to make and hopefully the next album will be along soon. The band have live dates next year and based on this assured debut album will be worth seeing.
Jason Ritchie (getreadytorock.me.uk)
Surely, was my first thought, this band should be on Escape Records? Maybe it would confuse people, especially is this debut album had been self titled, as you would have been looking for Escape by Escape on Escape. This is, or course, irrelevant, because the band are safely tucked under the wing of Z records, and the album is called “Unbreakable”. By all accounts it has been two years in the making, which by my reckoning is not something to boast about, especially when label mates Legion manage to chuck out decent albums approximately every seventy three seconds. Nonetheless, it’s good to see another UK AOR band making a good stab at taking on the Europeans.
“Unbreakable” is unashamedly retro in feel, with plenty of keyboard from the oddly named Roland Moog (yes, I see what they did there) and a strong vocal performance from Stevie K, who is a new one on me but hopefully someone we’ll be hearing more of in the future. He’s not one of the greats, but has a nice, slightly throaty voice that suit’s the music here. The music is what it’s all about, naturally, and Escape don’t disappoint. There’s plenty of upbeat tracks that positively fly by, reminding me of the good old days and feeling like I’m listening to some obscure hidden gem on Rock Candy or something. Iniv Castro demonstrates good chops on guitar, and the solos are placed just right throughout. It’s always nice to hear an album that comes out of the gates kicking and screaming, and once “Still Alive” and the title track have grabbed you it’s easy to relax and let the rest of the album do it’s job, right down to the impressive couple of slower numbers.
As an album, “Unbreakable” doesn’t quite reach the heady heights that it wants to, but it does come close. It’s a great treat for lovers of classic AOR, more Strangeways or Dare than Danger Danger, that is a genuine grower. Here’s hoping the second album doesn’t take quite so long to put together.
Alan Holloway (rockunited.com)