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"Wide Open Sky” brilliantly reveals the metamorphosis of Landfall, who offer us a melodious, varied, powerful and technically formidable album."
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The Brazilians of Landfall are back two years after “Elevate”, which left fond memories for fans of melodic hard rock who don't mind listening to AOR. The band born in Curitiba in 2017 now presents its third opus, “Wide Open Sky”, the second with the same line-up.
With this new production, Landfall has not only hardened its tone by moving away from the wise scores of yesteryear, but has also decided to rub shoulders with progressive territories. Of course, “Elevate” had revealed a few intentions to break away from the original AOR, but it was hard to imagine that the Brazilians would push their evolutionary impulses so vehemently.
“Wide Open Sky” allows frontman Gui Oliver to reveal more of his vocal abilities. More vehement than usual, he scratches out the comparisons with Steve Perry's vocals. The album also offers guitarist Marcelo Gelbcke the opportunity to demonstrate that he's more than just a good musician, literally irradiating the compositions with his talent. The eleven tracks are particularly well crafted, their richness representing the second remarkable feature of the opus, penetrating the progressive sphere at times. The length of the tracks and of the album, which offers an hour's musical pleasure, bear witness to this.
On this production, the listener will appreciate 'SOS' and its lively solo, and the catchy mid-tempo 'Running In Circles', whose chorus takes us back to Art Nation. He should shudder at the ballad 'A Letter To You', which initially evokes Aerosmith before taking on theatrical proportions thanks to its striking guitars. Prog fans will find plenty to like in the seven minutes of 'Hourglass', which flirts with Queensrÿche. Extreme fans will delight in the jerky sounds of 'Coming Home'. However, it's the eleven tracks on this album that prove to be qualitatively noteworthy, attracting music lovers of all persuasions, including hard melodic men (cf. the single 'No Tomorrow').
The Brazilians are to be commended for their risk-taking on “Wide Open Sky”. While retaining their melodic know-how, they have diversified their musical approaches, beefed up their playing and made their scores more complex, thanks to a technicality that has not been much in evidence until now. Their new-found originality makes them a band to keep an eye on. - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Tree Of Life
02. SOS
03. When The Curtain Falls
 04. Running In Circles
05. No Tomorrow
06. A Letter To You
07. Coming Home
08. Intoxicated
09. Hourglass
10. Higher Than The Moon
11. Wide Open Sky
LINEUP:
Felipe Souzza: Batterie
Gui Oliver: Chant
Luis Rocha: Basse
Marcelo Gelbcke: Guitares
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