HOUSTON Make New Track ‘Storyteller’ Available For Streaming
September 2nd, 2021
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Stockholm, Sweden-based AOR band Houston have made the track ‘Storyteller’ available for streaming via YouTube, which can be accessed below.
Houston issue sixth full-length studio album IV on October 8th, 2021 through Frontiers Music Srl.
The outing was produced under the direction of former Houston band member Ricky Delin, who also has a writing credit on each song.
Vocalist Hank Erix commented: “It felt good to have Ricky back behind the wheel on this album. He is an incredible songwriter and we all know the great work he has done on our previous albums.”
Guitarist Carl Hammar added: “We are truly excited about this new music. Right from the start we wanted to go back to our roots and make another classic AOR sounding album, as this was the sound that put us on the map in the first place and what we do best. Sonically, this album is a more refined sibling to our first two albums. We’ve had a decade to grow as musicians, songwriters and, most importantly, as a band, and I think this really shows.
“The album is a homage to our favourite AOR heroes such as Survivor, Foreigner and Journey, but also influences from John O’Banion, Meatloaf, John Farnham and many more. We wanted to make a great AOR album and make it big, fresh and bombastic, so Ricky Delin is the go-to producer. Having played a big part in creating the Houston sound on our first albums, he was as excited as us about the idea of working together again and jumped at the opportunity.”
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The track listing is as follows:
01. ‘She Is The Night’
02. ‘You’re Still The Woman’
03. ‘Hero’
04. ‘A Lifetime In A Moment’
05. ‘Heartbreaker’
06. ‘Storyteller’
07. ‘Heart Of A Warrior’
08. ‘Until The Morning Comes’
09. ‘I Will Not Give In To Despair’
10. ‘Such Is Love’
11. ‘Into Thin Air’
Houston’s line-up is as follows:
Hank Erix (lead vocals)
Calle Hammar (guitar and backing vocals)
Soufian Ma’Aoui (bass)
Oscar Lundström (drums)
Rickard Hamilton (keyboards)
Directed by Ricky Delin and Louie Hartman, a music video was filmed for the track ‘You’re Still The Woman’. The clip can be viewed below.
Fifth studio record III was released in November 2017 via Livewire / Cargo Records.
