Lionville, the AOR act led by Italian song
writer / guitarist / vocalist Stefano Lionetti and featuring the signature lead
vocals of Lars Säfsund (Work Of Art) will return with their sophomore album
simply called “II” in November 2012. The follow-up to the highly successful
self-titled debut will again be released on the Avenue Of Allies label. The
record is currently being finished and the band is looking forward to celebrate
the first ever Lionville live
performance on October 19th in
Nottingham (UK) as the opener of this years Firefest.
Lionville originated from the friendship of
Stefano Lionetti and Pierpaolo “Zorro11” Monti (Shining Line), who presented a
couple of Stefano’s demos to Gregor Klee, owner of the Avenue Of Allies label.
The first record was released in June 2011 and the catchy pure AOR sound found
many fans among critics and fans, ending up on many “Best Of The Year” lists.
Among others the album reached # 3 on melodicrock.com’s “Best Debut Album Of
2011” rundown, it also landed at # 20 on the site’s “Best Album Of The Year”
charts and the ballad “The World Without Your Love”, written by Richard Marx,
Bruce Gaitsch and Amy Sky, reached # 11 on “The “Best Ballad” listing.
Lionville’s “II” will deliver another slice of
high class AOR and it sees many of the musicians performing on last years debut
returning to the recording studio. Guitarists Bruce Gaitsch (Richard Marx,
Chicago) and Sven Larsson (Street Talk) are just two of the studio cats who lend
their talents again to make the new tunes shine. The names of more special
guests will be revealed shortly including a musician who wrote AOR history and
who was ranging on top of the wish list of everyone involved in Lionville.
Besides Stefano and Lars, the band’s studio as
well as the live line-up includes keyboard player / producer Alessandro Del
Vecchio (Edge Of Forever, Hardline), guitarist Mario Percudani (Mitch Malloy,
Hungryheart), bassist Anna Portalupi (Hardline, Mitch Malloy) and new drummer
Alessandro Mori (Mitch Malloy, Axe).
To get a first taste of Lionville’s
“II” please check out the brand new studio teaser :
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