VANDENBERG’S MOONKINGS Stream Acoustic Version Of ‘Sailing Ships’ Track
November 16th, 2018
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Dutch rock group Vandenberg’s MoonKings, featuring former Whitesnake guitarist and namesake Adrian Vandenberg, have made their acoustic version of the track ‘Sailing Ships’ available for streaming via YouTube, which can be accessed below.
Vandenberg’s MoonKings issue acoustic album Rugged And Unplugged on November 23rd, 2018 through Mascot Label Group.
Adrian Vandenburg commented: “We decided to strip down a bunch of songs to the bare basics and let them speak in the most essential way. Purely relying on Jan’s expressive, dark brown voice and my acoustic guitar, the intense, honest performance and the songs themselves. For me personally, it’s very special to have included ‘Burning Heart’ and ‘Sailing Ships’, performed straight from the heart by two friends with a passion for real, ‘handmade’ music. Two songs that have been two of the most important landmarks in my career this far, and I’m just getting started.”
Rugged And Unplugged features tracks taken from across Adrian Vandenburg’s career.
“For me, the sign of whether a song is good or not, is whether it still stands up when it’s completely stripped down to the bare essence of it,” said Vandenberg. “What I find with acoustic versions of songs you already know is that they can touch you in a different way than the full band and even orchestral versions. You don’t get ‘impressed’ by big guitars, drums and even orchestras. As a performer, you can’t hide behind all that, so what’s left is the emotional content of the performance and the actual song.”
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Featuring Jan Hoving on vocals and Adrian Vandenburg on acoustic guitar, Rugged And Unplugged was produced by Vandenburg himself, and recorded between Vandenburg’s home studio and Hoving’s farm.
The track listing is as follows;
01. ‘What Doesn’t Kill You’
02. ‘Sailing Ships’
03. ‘Out Of Reach’
04. ‘One Step Behind’
05. ‘Burning Heart’
06. ‘Walk Away’
07. ‘Breathing’
08. ‘Sundown’
Official lyric videos were created for the band’s acoustic versions of the songs ‘Burning Heart’ and ‘Walk Away’. Both clips can be viewed below.
Second studio record MK II was released in November 2017 via Mascot Label Group.
