STATE COWS – Closed Doors and Open Shores (2025), MP3+FLAC

“Closed Doors and Open Shores“, the long-awaited 5th album from STATE COWS – the popular Swedish unit leading the current Westocast AOR scene – is here, featured in exclusive at here.

Since formed almost two decades ago, Daniel Andersson and Stefan Olofsson goal was to recapture the true classic sound of early ’80s West Coast AOR / FM rock. And they did it with class and finesse.
This new album has been roughly two years in the making, beginning with opening song with “Streets of Stockholm”, a delicious slice of sweet melodies & harmonies. The magic breeze continues with luxury songs like ‘Marina Town’, ‘Lonely Road’, ‘On and On’, ‘Summer Cloud’ – all pure FM-style gold.
As usual, Andersson & Olofsson are surrounded by the cream of the Scandinavian session musicians, including Stefan “Kilju” Lindblom, Göran Turborn, Fredrik Lundgren, Peter Olofsson, Markus Asplund, and Mikael Sandström.

If you go and turn on the radio nowadays there’s a 99% chance to hear a programmed beat or auto-tuned processed vocals. Instead, push play to “Closed Doors and Open Shores” and imagine you’re in 1982, when real music made you feel good, and let that FM airwaves come to your ears like a summer breeze…
Highly Recommended

 

01 – Streets of Stockholm
02 – Waiting for the Right Words
03 – Beyond the Waking World
04 – Marina Town
05 – Lonely Road
06 – I Can’t Figure Out This Love
07 – Echoes of You
08 – On and On
09 – Summer Cloud

Daniel Andersson: lead and background vocals
Stefan Olofsson: keyboards, bass, guitars, background vocals
Peter Olofsson: drums
Göran Turborn: lead guitar
Fredrik Lundgren: lead guitar
Mikael Sandström: lead guitar
Stefan “Kilju” Lindblom: bass
Markus Asplund: keyboards

MP3 FLAC