SPARKLANDS - The Game (AOR / Melodic Rock)

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SPARKLANDS - The Game (live in the studio)

The Dutch AOR band SPARKLANDS releases the opening track "The Game" from their debut album "Tomocyclus" as their first video. The clip shows a powerful performance of the catchy uptempo AOR tune and was recorded live at the Mailmen Studio (Utrecht, The Netherlands).

SPARKLANDS' "Tomocyclus" delivers a tasteful collection of AOR and Melodic Rock songs, bringing back the glory days of bands like Boulevard, Saga, Mr. Mister, Bad English and Giant. The album will officially be released on September 20th on Avenue Of Allies and is available as CD and Digital Download.

Artist bio:

The first notable appearance of the Riekerk brothers, Thomas and Robert, in the music business dates back to the early 90s, when they started to work with the Dutch AOR artist Ralph Van Manen. Ralph's "Face The Feeling" record from 1992 is one of the best AOR records to come from the Netherlands, on this masterpiece Robert co-wrote several tracks and played guitar and Thomas sang backing vocals. The Riekerk's continued to work with Ralph Van Manen on his next albums.

Many years and projects later the time had come for Thomas to become the front man of his own band and to start telling his own story. Together with his brother Robert he gathered some befriended producers and musicians, like Simon Gitsels (Van Velzen), Minco Eggersman and Martijn Groeneveld (producer of Blaudzun) and they started the writing and recording sessions for SPARKLANDS.

The guys worked hard on getting that famous retro sound, by using a lot of vintage gear they layed down the ultimate AOR sound for their debut record "Tomocyclus". Songs filled with big guitar solos, huge drums, powerful catchy hooklines and melodies and multi layered backing vocals delivering a tasteful collection of songs bringing back the days of bands like Boulevard, Saga, Mr. Mister, Bad English and Giant.