INFINITY – Seems Like Forever (2013)

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INFINITY is one of those bands started as a friend’s project in their late ’80s University early days, just as a musical hobby. The group even recorded a cassette in 1993, sold and distributed at the campus.

Now, 20 years later Infinity has reunited to re-work these songs and record them at a home studio, releasing them independently with the title “Seems Like Forever” only as CD-r, in a very ‘hand-crafted’ way.

Infinity plays the music they love far beyond the current trends; most of the songs in “Seems Like Forever” were composed between 1989 – 1992 but stylistically are planted in late seventies / early eighties Melodic Rock akin Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon and alikes.

Tracks as “On The Edge”, “Too Hot”, “Tonight”, “In Tune With You” or the piano ballad “Share My Life With You” are inspired by – yes, you guessed it – Journey’s ‘Infinity’ era, with the same structures, riffs, keys and melodies.

Other numbers such as “Princess”, “September Wind” and “Penny For My Thoughts” have a strong Styx smell, “Girl” recalls Giuffria’s Angel, while “So Close To Paradise” is pure early REO Speedwagon.

The last 3 tracks are newly composed, with a more modern approach. “War Is Hell” has a hard rock vibe, “Losing You” is a poppy acoustic ballad, and the best of all, the midtempo “Someday” blends electricity with unplugged guitars and percussions.

Although veeery ‘home made’, “Seems Like Forever” has the charm of that indie recordings done from the heart.

The songs are very melodic, well composed and played, sonically delivered with all the vibe of late seventies US Melodic Rock. Of course, don’t expect a Roy Thomas Baker-like bombastic production, but the band has managed to nicely capture some of the retro analog magic, armed only with Pro-Tools equipment.

“Seems Like Forever” is a trip back to seventies Journey / Styx and American MHR in general, crafted with love and passion by Infinity.

Cool.

01 – Tonight

02 – Too Hot

03 – Girl

04 – So Close To Paradise

05 – Princess

06 – September Wind

07 – On The Edge

08 – In Tune With You

09 – Penny For My Thoughts

10 – Share My Life With You

11 – War Is Hell

12 – Losing You

13 – Someday

Dan Coyle – Vocals

T. Hooks – Guitar

Dee Maier – Guitar

John Slavinsky – Keyboards

Josh Kaminski – Bass

Sean Procopio – Drums, Percussion

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