Find Me – Dark Angel [Japanese Edition] 2015

FIND ME is a collaboration between Swedish musician, songwriter and producer Daniel Flores (Issa, The Murder of My Sweet, Seventh Wonder) and singer Robbie LaBlanc from Blanc Faces. The partnership was put together by Frontiers President, Serafino Perugino with a vision to unleash another AOR behemoth. FIND ME’s debut album, “Wings of Love” received excellent reviews and left fans begging for more music from the duo! No demands could have been easier to fulfill as the two guys just love working together and finding the right songs for the group from contributors the likes of Alessandro Del Vecchio, brothers Tom and James Martin (Vega, Issa), Soren Kronqvist (Sunstorm), Niclas Olsson (Alyson Avenue) or Philip Lindstrand (Strong) is never a problem.
“Serafino of Frontiers and I searched for new songs and fresh ideas from writers from all over the world” tells drummer and producer Daniel Flores. “I personally was searching for a musical challenge and Serafino with his golden ears is always looking for the next big song. It’s the combination of the two mentalities, with Robbie’s ability to sing and work on melodies that made this album what it is.” According to Robbie LaBlanc: “Daniel really understands how to create an awesome AOR record. He allows me some flexibility in the melodies and is a pleasure to work with and a true pro.”
The result is once again a delightful and massive melodic rock record, chock full of mighty anthemic AOR songs with Robbie’s soaring lead vocals and amazing performances from Daniel Flores and guitarist Philip Lindstrand! Sonically, this powerhouse album sits in between the classic sound of Journey and Giant and newcomers like W.E.T and Eclipse. “To be honest, in the first album, all involved tried to find the right combination of all the elements we love in AOR music” adds Daniel. “Now we feel more confident on what people will like. Productionwise everything just came naturally in place in this recording. Also Robbie sings even better than on last record and that’s no small accomplishment really.”
“I feel I connected with these songs really nicely” adds Robbie. “It’s funny of all the demos I received from Daniel I think we only changed one key. It’s like they were written right for me!” “I hope we get to give the AOR fans the same feelings they got when they discovered this music for the first time,” concludes Daniel, “We try to remind people of how the old records where done in this style, with the same mentality and complete devotion but with the cutting edge sound and quality engineering that technology has brought to date. Also, we hope to have chances to play for the fans live next year.”

1. Nowhere To Hide (5:05)
2. Let Love Rule (4:32)
3. Forever (4:45)
4. Another Day (4:45)
5. Dark Angel (4:21)
6. Bleed In The Rain (3:58)
7. Face To Face (4:29)
8. Where Do I Go (5:24)
9. Midnight Memories (3:50)
10. Don’t Slip Away From Me (3:56)
11. Did You Feel Any Love (4:31)
12. I’m Free (4:01)
13. Forever (Acoustic Version) (Japan Bonus Track) (4:51)

FIND ME is:
Robbie Lablanc – Lead and background vocals
Philip Lindstrand – Rhythm and lead Guitars, Bass
Sören Kronqvist – Keyboards
Daniel Flores – Drums and Keyboards

Additional musicians:
Angelica Rylin – Vocals on “Another day”
Christopher Vetter – Lead guitars and Clean Guitars

Backing vocals: Robert Lablanc, Philip Lindstrand, Thomas Vikström, Angelica Rylin, Redas Jefisovas and Daniel Flores.

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