ELECTRIC GUITARS – Freewheeler (2021)
“Freewheeler” the fourth album from ELECTRIC GUITARS, who have a cult following in Denmark for their lively guitar riff-centric hard rock and energy-filled live shows. The brainchild of Soren Andersen (Glenn Hughes Band) and Mika Vandborg who has worked with many huge artists including Justin Hawkins of The Darkness, this talented pair are well known as much sought after session musicians as well as live performers.
Soren Andersen is also a world-class producer and engineer, owner of Medley Studios in Copenhagen and has been called the new Mutt Lange. And he’s a very good vocalist as well
In Electric Guitars, this dynamic duo turns their talents to their own project, with “Freewheeler” being their most classic rock inspired album to date, driven, of course by a twin guitar attack with melody as main focus.
Frequently oversubscribed by work for other artists, the pandemic has given Electric Guitars a chance to re-focus on songwriting and create the album to bring them to the attention of the whole world.
“Dopamine” has an energy that is a little like D-A-D, wild and slightly punky, but still very much rock and captures that irreplaceable high that rock music provides, “Hot Blooded Woman” channels Cheap Trick and relates a South American tour story that definitely got outta hand, and “Nervous Breakdown” is a song like a heavier version of Zander & Co, just adding screams.
Like every other rock crazy musician or fan, the band has been storing up its power and energy ‘like a bunch of wild mustangs that’ve been kept tied up for too long’.
Songs like “Freewheeler”, “Going Out” and “Cut Loose” capture that pent-up energy revealing a band who cannot wait to let themselves loose on an unsuspecting world. “The Rainbow” reveals an optimism and go-getting never say die attitude which is the essence of rock ‘n’ roll.
A fun, rocking album perfectly produced.
Highly Recommended
01 – Dopamine
02 – Freewheeler
03 – Cut Loose
04 – Zero Four
05 – Going Out
06 – Incoming
07 – The Rainbow
08 – Hot Blooded Woman
09 – Nervous Breakdown
10 – Welcome History
Søren Andersen – vocals, guitar
Mika Vandborg – vocals, guitar
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