TONY O’HORA
Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of TONY O’HORA’s debut solo album entitled “Escape Into The Sun” on January 27th 2006
TONY O’HORA is best know as singer for PRAYING MANTIS in their most successful albums “Forever In Time” and “Nowhere To Hide” and is now singer for Andy Scott’s SWEET.
His voice has been considered one of the trademarks of the excellence of the two MANTIS releases and in this new solo album O’Hora is able to make his talent shine once again. “I needed to take the time necessary to express the lyric and emotion. So although the recordings took quite a bit longer than we anticipated” say the British singer, “I am incredibly proud of this album and it contains the best performances I've ever recorded”.
The initial concept for this album came from the input of Frontiers Records President, Serafino Perugino who wanted Tony to come back on the scene singing on a record that could bring back the memories of grandeur of the “Nowhere To Hide” album especially. So “he put me in touch with Swedish guitarist/producer Magnus Karlsson (STARBREAKER, ALLEN / LANDE)” explains Tony, “He sent me some demos and I was really impressed. We worked hard to gradually build up the songs. Magnus' songwriting is perfect for my style of singing. I would describe it as melodic rock but with more of an edge”.
“Escape Into The Sun” is set to include the following tracklisting: Broken Soul (click to hear an mp3 sample); Escape Into The Sun (click to hear an mp3 sample); No More Innocence; High Enough (click to hear an mp3 sample); My Final Prayer; Dreamless Nights; More Than We Know; Close To Me; Evil Love; Black Wings; Start All Over; Never Alone.
Release date is set on January 27th on Frontiers Records in Europe with King Records caring for the release in Japan.