Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 109 mb
Bio:
HOUSE OF SHAKIRA is a Swedish rock band formed in Stockholm around 1991. HOUSE OF SHAKIRA carry a unique sound that stands out among other bands in the same genre. The band's motto is "Try every idea with an open mind". This means that every member of the band contributes their personal musical ideas making the lyrics, rythmical patterns, chord changes and melodies special. HOUSE OF SHAKIRA consists of five very different personalities that really only have one thing in common - to write and perform great songs. A good song is the key to make the band function; style or sound doesn't matter if the written material is poor. HOUSE OF SHAKIRA produces melodic rock of the very highest quality due to a constant mixing of hard rock with several other musical styles - the vocals soar, the melodies rise and the guitars bring it all together. All these components makes listening to HOUSE OF SHAKIRAs music a sensational experience. Because of the diversity of the lyrics and the music, HOUSE OF SHAKIRA does not fall under your typical hardrock classification; they find a wider musically interested audience and fan community.There is a special story behind the naming of the band. At the start the band was called " The Station". Then a swedish record company thought that the name sounded too much like their own (The Record Station), so the band unanimously decided to drop the name. A couple of weeks later their demo was reviewed in a German music magazine saying that "this is a great band, but at the moment they don't have a name". The magazine arranged a kind of contest for their readers to name this excellent, nameless band. One of the readers in England, Geoff Noddings entered the contest and suggested the name of " HOUSE OF SHAKIRA ". In 1991 newspapers in England wrote about a boutique in London called "The House of Shakira". Using the selling of clothes in the boutique as a cover, this store actually offered and sold a very different commodity. The House of Shakira was in fact a bordello. Today the band uses the name as a metaphor for something that is not what it seems to be. HOUSE OF SHAKIRAs debut "Lint"(bluestone) hit the stores in 1997 and was nominated best debut album by magazines and e-zines all over Europe. Some magazines went even further in their praises of the band and put " Lint "up on the "top-ten list" of debut albums ever. Shortly after the release of "Lint" HOUSE OF SHAKIRA went on tour through Europe as an opening act for Royal Hunt. They continued to England and played the Gods festival where "they set the standard for the day which was never bettered".Such has been the standard of the HOUSE OF SHAKIRA story - great reviews, hard work and lots of laughter. The band has been around for fifteen years now and the members are still creative and push themselves to write the best songs in rock n' roll today.
Album:
Swedish House Of Shakira came up with the idea of taking some of their songs and record them in a kind of Nashville tradition style. The guys have played around with their songs, changed tempo, key and just having an open mind. The result is awesome.Eleven songs ended up on the musical surgery table. And the title of the album Revisitation is clever. Sure, the songs are being revisited by the band, but they have also got a totally new uniform. This is like a new album, scaled down to a fantastic blend of soft melodic rock, southern rock, country rock and westcoast.And mind you, this release on a vinyl only release in 300 copies. Think about that! You need to act fast, I tell you.In case you haven’t been following the band, I’ll give you the line-up: Andreas Novak (lead vocals, harmonica, ukulele), Mats Hallstensson (guitars, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals), Per Schelander (bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals), Anders Lundström (acoustic guitar) and Martin Larsson (drums, percussion).The guys have always like bands like Eagles for example. And if you hear their new version of ”All You want” it is not far from the rocking westcoast of Eagles. Same for ”Yesterday’s Gone” with its tight arrangements, and trademark harmony vocals from the guys. Another tune that will be appreciated by fans of Eagles and Venice is ”What Goes Around”.Other songs have been converted into nice melodic contemporary country rock, like ”In Your Head” for example. It is easier to imagine the original version here, still it is a cool job they’ve done in the remake.One of the best songs in the career of House Of Shakira, if yoou ask me, is ”Who’s Lying Now”. This time it has got an obvious country rock vibe, kind of Shania Twain with a bluegrass vibe (but with full rhythm section of course).It should be underlined that Novak is a perfect vocalist for the band, and they’ve always been good at finding awesome singers. Talking about singers – among the guests on the album we find Martina Edoff (lead vocals on ”Trial By fire”) and original HOS vocalist Mikael >Zifa< Eriksson (vocals on ”Best Of Times”). Jörgen Schelander adds keyboards with the honor.Somehow this splendid band has always been rather underrated, if you ask me. It’s time for the listening audience to discover HOS, because they simply deserve it. If you’ll miss out on getting one of the only 300 copies of this LP release, take the time to listen and get their other albums. Well worth being included in any serious melodic hard rock collection.
Line Up:
Andreas Novak - Vocals
Mats Hallstensson - Guitars, vocals
Anders Lundström - Guitars
Per Schelander - Bass, vocals
Martin Larsson - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Red Alert
02. Crazy But No Fool
03. Trial By Fire
04. In Your Head
05. All You Want
06. Miracle
07. What Goes Around
08. Best of Times
09. Who's Lying Now
10. Yesterday's Gone
11. After the Fall
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