Art Nation
"LIBERATION"
New album out in
April!
New ART NATION album
Liberation out April 28th!
Art Nation, the fast rising
rock act from Gothenburg, Sweden, will release its highly anticipated second
album Liberation, April 28th via Sony Music/Gain.
“When the time came to make the new
album, we sought to broaden our sound and push the limits of the genre, while
still sounding like ourselves”, singer and frontman Alexander Strandell
explains.
This time around, the songs have more
versatility and finesse, together with the melodies, catchy hooks, and stellar
instrumental performances that Art Nation’s followers have come to expect. The
band has been working closely together with selected external songwriters,
bringing diversity to the album.
The album was recorded once again at
Top Floor Studios by producer/engineer Jakob Herrmann (Amaranthe, Evergrey,
Hardcore Superstar), and co-produced by Theodor Hedström and the studio’s
assistant engineer Christoffer Borg (Kee Marcello, Bob Hund), who is also one of
Art Nation’s guitarists. To further emphasise each song’s identity, the
producers and the band made the decision to work with multiple mixing engineers
to equally share the mixing duties with Herrmann/Borg. Bringing back Jacob
Hansen (Amaranthe, Volbeat), who mixed previous album “Revolution”, felt like an
obvious choice. For a third mixing engineer, they chose to work with Adam
“Nolly” Getgood (Periphery, Devin Townsend). The album was mastered by Dragan
Tanaskovic (In Flames, Avatar).
Spanning over six months, the
recording sessions were both creative and exhausting, as the album’s sound was
shaped.
“I think we learned more about
ourselves and our music in these six months, than we ever have done during our
time as a band”, says drummer Carl Tudén.
Liberation is a musical
rollercoaster, starting out with the punchy “Ghost Town”, leading up to the
catchy “Kiss Up & Kick Down”, and after taking it down with intricate ballad
“When Stars Align”, the instrumental performances of “What Do You Want” will
surely make the listener want to go for another ride.
Your first glimpse of the new album
will be the single ”The Real Me”, to be released February 24th. The second
single “Ghost Town” will be released the following month, on March 24th, and
will feature a music video filmed by Owe Lingvall (Meshuggah,
Hammerfall).
The band will tour throughout the
year, including a highly anticipated show at Sweden Rock Festival, Scandinavia’s
largest rock festival.
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