Sweden’s AOR finest Work of Art new album "Exhibits" is out
Nov.
8th on Frontiers Music Srl!
First single & video, 'Be The Believer' out
now!
Pre-order: https://radi.al/Exhibits Available on
CD/LP/Digital.
“Exhibits” has been in the works for more than a year and a half, but will
finally get unleashed to the legions of hungry melodic rock fans that this band
has enraptured with their first three albums. "It’s been a long time indeed,
five years!” says guitarist and producer Robert Sall. "Funny enough, it didn’t
seem that way. Everyone in the band was busy doing their own thing and it wasn’t
until mid-2017 when Serafino [Perugino, President Frontiers Records] asked us
about our plans for a new album and it hit us that, it REALLY was about time. So
we spent the better part of 2018 writing and recording it and here we
are!”
Work Of Art debuted in February 2008 with the release of their album
“Artwork”. Coming out of nowhere, the album immediately struck a chord with
melodic rock aficionados around the world. With a sound inspired by genre greats
like Toto, Giant, and Journey, Work Of Art quickly established themselves as one
of the most promising newcomers in the genre. Soon after their debut, WOA
guitarist and main composer Robert Sall joined W.E.T, the project featuring Jeff
Scott Soto and Erik Martensson from Eclipse, thus immediately cementing his
status as a star in the genre!
Expectations for the follow-up album, “In Progress” were sky high. Work of
Art lived up to the hype, entering the Swedish album charts at number 30 upon
release of the album. The next step for the band was to start performing live,
which they did for the first time in Madrid, Spain in January 2012 and followed
that performance with several other shows in various European countries. Third
album “Framework” followed in 2014 and kept the momentum going for the band
which, simply put, became the top new AOR band from Europe.
“Exhibits” is therefore the logical next step for WOA, an album which
encompasses all that they have managed to create until now. Offering another
bunch of unforgettable songs with soaring melodies (courtesy of singer Lars
Säfsund) and amazing instrumental prowess (offered by Robert and Herman),
"Exhibits" will thrill fans of the band and of the genre as a whole. "Like
always, when Herman, Lars and I get together, it sounds like us, it sounds like
Work of Art,” tells Sall. "However, with this record I tried to bring out more
”old school AOR” influences and get rid of some of the West Coast influences
that were on our previous albums. I wanted it to be an AOR album, not a melodic
rock album, not a West Coast album, just a classic AOR sounding album, start to
finish!”
Overall this is certainly Work of Art’s most up-tempo and straight ahead
album thus far, but – as it should be – some unbelievable softer moments are
there as well. One notable highlight, legendary keyboard player Vince DiCola
(author of the immortal “Training Montage” piece on the Rocky IV soundtrack) is
a special guest on “This Isn’t Love.”
"If I had to pick one favorite track it would be ”This Isn’t Love,”
concludes Robert "It’s definitely old school sounding, it’s catchy, yet there’s
a lot of things going on composition and arrangement wise. It reminds me of a
time when this kind of music was allowed to be musically interesting. Jim
Peterik wrote some beautiful lyrics for it like only he can do, Shem von
Schroeck plays bass and to top it off, it’s got an amazing solo by Vince DiCola.
We asked Vince for a keyboard lead, he came back with a whole keyboard symphony!
Easily one of the personal highlights for me on this album!”
If you are an AOR fan this is a record you simply cannot miss!
Tracklist:
1. Misguided Love
2. Be The Believer
3. Another Night
4. This Isn’t Love Feat. Vince DiCola
5. Gotta Get Out
6. Come Home
7. If I Could Fly
8. Destined To Survive
9. Scars To Prove It
10. What You Want From Me
11. Let Me Dream
Line-up:
Lars Säfsund - Vocals
Robert Säll - Guitars
Herman Furin - Drums
PRODUCED BY: Work of Art
Programming and Keyboards: Robert Säll & Lars Säfsund
Keyboards on tracks 2, 7 & 10: Jonas Gröning
Keyboards on tracks 5, 6, 8 & 9: Jonas Öijvall
Keyboards on track 4: Marcus Möller
Keyboard solo on track 6: Robert Elovsson
Keyboard solo on track 4: Vince DiCola
Keyboard solo on 10: Jonas Gröning
Bass on tracks 2 & 4: Shem von Schroeck
Bass on tracks 3, 6, 7, 8 & 10: Andreas Passmark
Bass on tracks 5 & 9: Nalle Påhlsson
Bass on track 1: Henrik Linder
Bass on track 11: Figge Boström
Percussion on tracks 1-4, 6-11: Mikael Emsing
Photo credit: Kitty Lingmerth
