Casablanca - Riding a Black Swan (2013) [Gorgatz]

Casablanca - Riding a Black Swan (2013) [Gorgatz]



- I N F O -

The Swedish record label Rocket Songs has released a good few albums already and with bands like Houston and Sencelled on their roster, now they welcome another band Casablanca this time to the bill. The hard rock sleaze Swedish movement has been on a prowl in the last few years, and while is not a huge commercial success in their own country of Sweden, it still remains an underground local scene favorite, and the quality of the bands from there is always something to admire.

Casablanca are an interesting group, you have the talented drummer Josephine Forsman from Sahara Hotnights, their charismatic lead singer Anders Ljung who looks like part of that 80′s stereotypical glam/rock child from that time. And last but not least is the former Alice Cooper guitarist Ryan Roxie, who brings as much experience as he’s own distinct guitar tone and sharpness to the forefront. The band spent the last few years writing new music with the help of Chris Laney, who ended up producing this new record as well.

The hardest challenge for me was not to decide if the music was good or not, but rather how to categorize the band turned out to be a more formidable challenge. One one hand you have the slower rockier tunes like self title song which comes across as more modern rock then anything, but then you have more tongue and cheek action like the excellent “The Juggler” which sounds like a perfect little number that could get a good amount of radio play on more mainstream rock stations. I couldn’t bare to fall into the trap of comparing the song “Rich Girl” into something more closely assembled by a band like “My Chemical Romance” with a nice classic rock edge, very catchy tune.

The September 25 will leave x order the new album from Casablanca . The title is Riding A Black Swan and already cover. Xa is one of my most anticipated albums of this year.

- T R A C K L I S T -

01 - The Giant Dreamless Sleep
02 - Hail The Liberation
03 - Dead End Street Revisited
04 - It's Alright
05 - Barriers
06 - Riding A Black Swan
07 - Some Misty Morning
08 - Heartbreak City
09 - No Devil In Me
10 - Just For The Nite

Format: 320 mp3
Style: Hard Rock
Size: 84.94 MB