Dear press,
below you'll find the basic infos about the new releases from Rockville Music for January 2011. We're in charge for the PR for the whole of Europe (except Central Park print PR through Silberpfeil PR)
band: PAVLOV'S DOG
album: "LIVE and unleashed"
label: Rockville Music
out: January 28th, 2011
LIVE and unleashed is the first Pavlov's Dog livealbum in it's 36 year history. The band is touring again regulary since 2004, and receives terrific reviews for energetic, emotional, and congenial concerts:
- „The group harmonizes perfectly and comes off with enormous spirit. Surkamp's voice is so unique, so affecting, it makes the show very special. That's the real deal!“ (Rock Hard 11/2009)
- „The musicians surrounding David Surkamp and Mike Safron are first class. The voice is unmistakeable, the audience facinated. David sings these songs with an unbeateable passion. Sensational.“ (Squealer-Rocks 11/2009)
- I had to wait 30 years to see Pavlov's Dog live. And it was better than everything I saw in 2007. David Surkamp's voice is still great.150 minutes goose skin and pure fun playing. Who can beat this?“ (Breakout 4/2008)
LIVE and unleashed captures the unique spirit of a Pavlov's Dog show authentically. The 7 piece live-lineup, incl. violin, melotron, piano, guitar and David Surkamp's unique voice, generates the typical Pavlov's Dog sound. Some arrangements are quite different to the studio versions, and overall the band is live more heavy. Powerful rock songs such as Breaking Ice or Looking For My Shadow, take turns with ballads such as Standing Here With You or Angel's Twilight Jump. Branded by beautiful violin melodies and Surkamp's affecting vocals, Pavlov's Dog live gives the heebie-jeebies for granted. Live and unleashed comprehends a cross-section of all Pavlov's Dog and David Surkamp periods. The album contains not only tracks of any Pavlov's Dog album, but as well Heart Of Mine (a track originally by HIFI, Surkamp's band in the 80ies together with Ian Matthews), and with Wrong and Looking For My Shadow two tracks of Surkamp's 2006 soloalbum Dancing On The Edge Of A Teacup. And despite Live and unleashed was recorded in 2009, it comprehends already four tracks of the brand new studioalbum Echo & Boo, which was released in October 2010.
LIVE and unleashed, and the tour 2009, are dedicated to Sigfried Carver. The original Pavlov's Dog violin player passed away in 2009.
Track list:
01 Preludin, 02 Of Once And Future Kings, 03 Breaking Ice (Intro: Dedication to Sigfried Carver V2009), 04 I Don't Need Magic Anymore, 05 Heat Of Mine, 06 Late November, 07 Not By My Side, 08 Theme From Subway Sue, 09 Episode, 10 I Love You Still, 11 Gold Nuggets, 12 Looking For My Shadow, 13 Wrong, 14 Standing Here With You (Megan's Song), 15 Angeline, 16 Angel's Twilight Jump
band: CENTRAL PARK
album: "reflected"
label: Rockville Music
out: January 28th, 2011
reflected is the 2nd album by Munich based Progressive Rock band Central Park. Founded in 1983, during the rennaisance of Prog-Rock powered by bands such as Marillion, Asia or Saga, Central Park performed to „the summit of Germany's Procgressive Rock League“ (quote Keys Magazine). Central Park first split in 1989. 2006 the band reunited in their original lineup – accidentally inspired by a Yes concert. The debutalbum „unexpected“ (a pair of CD & DVD) was relesed 23 years (!) after the band's initial foundation. The enormous feedback by press and media made Central Park the most recognized German Progressive Rock act in the fall of 2006. E.g. Kultur Spiegel magazine wrote: „Hipster Vincent Gallo would have highly appreciated the majestic debut.“
In Summer 2010 new singer Jannine Pusch joined Central Park. She was not only the new face in the front. The impressing vocal variety of the educated soprano singer was the ignition for change and advancement. Pusch's preference for heavy sounds inspired and challenged Central Park's musical brain and keyboard player Jochen Scheffter. „reflected“ easiely meshes both rocking and classic elements, it unifies hymn-like with Crimsonesque influences, symphonic and metallic sounds. The opener „guns R us“ decries the child abuse found in child soldiers around the world, starting with a memorable rhythm sounding like gun shots. And with the typical 21-minute Prog Rock opus „vision of cassandra“, Central Park transport the vision of Troy's decline from ancient to today's world, and create an actual apocalyptical vision for the ears.
Track list: 01 guns R us, 02 free fall, 03 white princess, 04 another part; vision of cassandra (3 parts): 05 vision, 06 doom (winterstorm), 07 awakening, 08 path of mercy
http://www.myspace.com/centralparkband