{"id":719,"date":"2019-12-12T18:01:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/?p=719"},"modified":"2019-12-13T10:00:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T09:00:31","slug":"degreed-lost-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/?p=719","title":{"rendered":"Degreed &#8211; Lost Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Degreed &#8211; Lost Generation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Label: Gain Music Entertainment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Release date: November 15th, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website: www.degreedmusic.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Swedes are &#8211; apart from ECLIPSE or VEGA perhaps &#8211; one of the very few bands in the wider range of the melodic rock genre which actually really have some kind of unique sound, although the four-piece is way more than \u201conly\u201c a melodic act alone as there are slices of metal, pop and even electronic music here and there, too. Their fifth album on the one hand is pretty hard (\u201cYou All Know My Name\u201c or \u201cSex\u201c) and on the other hand sweet like sugar (\u201cBlue Virgin Isles\u201c). The latter is a cover version of a song by the Swedish singer\/songwriter TED G\u00c4RDESTAD back in 1978. The ten tracks (plus intro and interlude) showcase lots of talent and sense for versatile arrangements and detail. Close to perfection for the most part. Melodies all over the place, contemporary sounding without being inappropriate for lovers of pure AOR and melodic sounds and well produced. Frontman and bassist Robin Ericsson (MODERN ART) nails it with his performance as for instance on the outstanding track by the name of \u201cRuins\u201c. And \u201cBorn Under A Bad Sign\u201c is reminiscent of TOTO or rather a modern sounding version of the legendary American band for a large part. This band from up north absolutely needs to break the barriers of the genre &#8211; and I\u2019m pretty sure they will sooner or later. What a great potential and talent. Well done, guys! Thumbs up! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9,5\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin Stark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tracklist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Intro 0:58<\/li><li>Lost Generation 3:34<\/li><li>You All Know My Name 3:32<\/li><li>Ruins 3:14<\/li><li>Interlude 1:43<\/li><li>Summer Of Love 4:28<\/li><li>Blue Virgin Isles 4:39<\/li><li>Sex 2:59<\/li><li>Body Of Work 3:16<\/li><li>Born Under A Bad Sign 3:20<\/li><li>Don&#8217;t Let Go 3:49<\/li><li>Alive 4:21<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Degreed - Ruins (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jGLqz5qltPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Degreed &#8211; Lost Generation Label: Gain Music Entertainment Release date: November 15th, 2019 Website: www.degreedmusic.com The Swedes are &#8211; apart&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,10,11,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aor-melodic-rock","category-melodic-metal","category-prog-rock","category-media-reviews","wpcat-33-id","wpcat-10-id","wpcat-11-id","wpcat-35-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":721,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions\/721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aormusic.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}