CAROUSEL – Round & Round [FnA remastered + bonus tracks] (2021) HQ *Exclusive*
Austin, Texas based act CAROUSEL operated between 1988 – 1994, and while record labels were interested, the band only managed to release the cassette-only album “Round & Round” in 1992. Now FnA is making available all CAROUSEL recordings including unreleased tracks taped when the band was known as SKY HIGH, fully remastered.
Style-wise CAROUSEL were classic melodic hard rock similar to HAREM SCAREM, GARRISON, DOKKEN, etc, with strong songwriting, catchy melodies and very good musicianship.
Despite opening for national acts such as TRIXTER, SAIGON KICK, PAT TRAVERS (to name a few) and being featured at Metal Edge’s “Rock on the Rise”, CAROUSEL didn’t secured a recording contract and disbanded 1994. A shame, as they got the talent, the chops and the looks.
Many bands and recordings from the era haven’t held up well the passage of time. Not the case with Carousel. Even today, nearly three decades later the infectious melodies of the songs on offer here feels as strong as it did all those years ago…
