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Union Mac - Lost In Attraction

Published March 23 2007


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=Staff's pick

Bring Me In*
A Live
Lost In Attraction
I Am
Fake
Left To Need
I Can't Believe*
Maria's Grace
Fading
Pain
Make Pretend
Outside
The Wale


Genre Melodic Rock
Kristoffer Lagerström
Vocals
Tracks 13
Mikael Klevengård
Guitar
Runningtime 50 Min.
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Guitar
Label Escape Music
Mikael Klevengård
Bass
Release 21 Feb. 2007
Imre Daue
Drums
Country Sweden
Lagerström/Klevengård
Keyboard
Similar artists Talisman, Spin Gallery, Saga

Union Mac is a Swedish two-man project with Kristoffer Lagerström from Spin Gallery and Mikael Klevengård which in comparison with Kristoffer must be considered as a newcomer in these areas. These two guys found each other in a mutual project called "Mixtur" which was a production group created for writing, producing and placing songs in different events. Union Mac is the result of the songs they wrote together after this project.

Musically Union Mac balances between hard rock and melodic rock with touches of AOR. The emphasis is set on melodies and efficient arrangements. It's no doubt about that we are dealing with highly capable musicians and the outcome breathes quality in that area. The album has almost all the ingredients you could ask for in this genre but, as the case is often nowadays, I'm not that impressed by the song writing. Sure, the album is very even and no fillers can be found but the big highlights that really grab you are quite rare.

The album consists of 13 songs slightly above average without any killers. Bring Me In and I Can't Believe do their best to prove me wrong but even if they are really good it's not enough to change my final judgement. This won't recruit listeners from other genres but the diehard fans of melodic rock should check this out.

Performance
Originality
Production
Vocals
Songwriting

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6

6,5

6

 
Summary



6 chalices of 10 - Hawk


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