Sapphire
Eyes, based in the south of Sweden, now release their third album. The idea of
this project started already after keyboard player Niclas Olsson had put his
old band Alyson Avenue on the shelf, and 2011 it became a reality. The year
after, the debut album saw the light of day. In 2018 the follow up “Breath of
Ages” saw the light of day and now it’s third time lucky. Niclas is again flanked
by Leverage singer Kimmo Blom, guitarists Patrik Svärd (Cloudscape, Alyson
Avenue) and Emil Knabe (Acacia), basist Christer Engholm (Alyson Avenue,
Acacia) and drummer Fredrik Eriksson (Alyson Avenue, Dawn Of Oblivion. Former
Alyson Avenue (and Nightwish) singer Anette Olzon also guests on the album.
Sapphire Eyes holds a firm position in the classic AOR lane. Easily accessible
choruses, nice harmonies, outstanding musicians, a world class singer and great
production. Not much to complain about for any AOR fan. “Don’t Walk Away” made
me think about the colleagues in Bad Habit, and I’d say they could be used as a
pretty good reference for most part of the album. No wonder Swedish AOR has a
great reputation all over the world!
Janne Stark
Country:
Sweden
Year: 2020
Label: Pride
& Joy
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