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THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA Release Third Studio Album ‘Amber Galactic’
May 19th, 2017

Swedish hard rock band The Night Flight Orchestra issued third studio full-length album Amber Galactic on May 19th, 2017 through Nuclear Blast Records.

Amber Galactic was made available as a limited edition digipak CD featuring an alternate cover art, 2LP vinyl (black and violet sparkle) and a digital download and stream via all known platforms.

Frontman BjörnStrid said: “Amber Galactic was made during late nights and way too early mornings, when sometimes, in the corner of your eye, you can catch a glimpse of another dimension, where all the women are heartbroken space commanders in evening gowns, the champagne is always free and the drugs won’t hurt you. We wanted to create more than just a listening experience, instead we want it to be an alternative reality. We hope that after listening to Amber Galactic, you’ll be wide-eyed, horny and slightly drunk.”

Meanwhile, guitarist David Andersson offered the following words: “Musicianship in itself is not interesting, neither are the technical aspects of creating music. The ideas and visions behind the music are the only things really worthy of in-depth discussions. We’ve all reached a point where we can all pretty much play and sing whatever we want. We didn’t talk much about chord changes or amplifiers during the recording sessions. But we spent a lot of time discussing Kierkegaard’s concept of anxiety, different vintages of sparkling wine, the psychoacoustic aspects of modulation, the innate superiority of women and why a pearl necklace always look better when whoever wears it has a bored expression on her face.”

The outing was recorded at Handsome Hard Studio in Lund, Sweden.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Midnight Flyer’
02. ‘Star Of Rio’
03. ‘Gemini’
04. ‘Sad State Of Affairs’
05. ‘Jennie’
06. ‘Domino’
07. ‘Josephine’
08. ‘Space Whisperer’
09. ‘Something Mysterious’
10. ‘Saturn In Velvet’
11. ‘Just Another Night’ (CD digipak and vinyl bonus track)
12. ‘Fly Tonight (Never Rewind)’ (Japanese bonus track)

The Night Flight Orchestra’s line-up is as follows:

Björn Strid (vocals, Soilwork)
David Andersson (guitar, Mean Streak / Soilwork)
Sebastian Forslund (guitar, Kadwatha)
Sharlee D’ Angelo (bass, Arch Enemy / Spiritual Beggars)
Jonas Källsbäck (drums, Mean Streak)
Richard Larsson (keyboards, Von Benzo)

A music video was filmed for the track ‘Something Mysterious’, while an animated music video was released for the track ‘Gemini’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Midnight Flyer’. All three clips can be viewed below.

Second studio record Skyline Whispers was released in June 2015 through Coroner Records.