The first Relaunch album was released in 2011 and featured a cover of 'Runaway' by Dakota. The band collaborated on a video for the song with Danny MacAskill, a professional BMX rider and his sponsor Red Bull and it became a huge success, with over 90 million views on YouTube and close to 2 million streams on Spotify, as of this writing.
"Relaunch III" features some really great and classic songs by classic bands such as Marc Jordan, Franke & the Knockouts, Van Zant, Atlantic and Van Stephenson to name a few.
The new album kicks-off with a brand new single, "Live Forever", which is a typical HOUSTON track. Melodic as it gets with a huge melody, smooth vocals and a fantastic chorus line. Slipping Away (Marc Jordan), Power Over Me (Atlantic), She’s Out With a Gun (Van Zant) and Sound of a Breaking Heart (Prophet) are all songs that are classic in my book! HOUSTON took these gems, captivated all the magic of the original versions and delivered the goods! Outrageous (Franke & the Knockouts) is yet another great 'oldie' and favourite of mine tune that HOUSTON's performance is just killer while with "Do You Believe" we have another winner out of this album!
A simply breathtaking opus that even if it consists covers in its majority, at the end of the day it will make you go back to your old records to remember and re-discover some forgotten gems!
Production : 9
Songs : 10
Musicianship : 10
Overall Rating : 9, 6 / 10
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