Anna Wildsville
One of the best albums of 2018 in my humble opinion. Flawless writing, performances and sound engineering. Beautiful.
Favorite track: Walk with me.
ragone13
Excellent song writing masterfully performed by a wildly underrated prog artist! Great album definitely in my top 10 for the year !!! Favorite track: Tears of a million lies.
Finally George is the epitome of flawlessly arranged and recorded prog-rock pop music – endlessly deep tracks that ache with the pain of separation. With addictive walls of sound that repeatedly build up to monumental proportions.
Sophisticated melodies, held together by forceful arrangements, are melded with harmonious vocals, heavy-metal guitar riffs, opulent keyboards, cinematic strings and epic choruses.
What originally started as a private, non-commercial project has increasingly become more professional, which should come as no surprise given that Finally George is the brainchild of a well-known sound artist in Hamburg’s studio scene.
Here, he performs the roles of producer, session musician and commissioned composer. ‘I have always been inspired by progressive bands such as Genesis, Blackfield and Supertramp.
For the percussion parts, he found someone whose name carries serious weight in the music business: Todd Sucherman, the drummer of legendary US rock band Styx, who works as an online session drummer in his spare time.
And he clearly loves it, as is apparent in the short videos of the Finally George sessions that he posted on Facebook – which have created plenty of international buzz in anticipation of the project.
The album also features Erlend Krauser (ex member of Lake), John Engehausen and Ralf Bittermann on guitar. The gnarled sounds of the Hammond organ come courtesy of Detlef Bösche, whereas George secured the services of pianist Matthias Pogoda for the title track Life Is A Killer.
The result is a prog-rock album with numerous melodious pop elements, mastered by no less a figure than Grammy Award winner Tim Young – the icing on the cake of such a visionary project.
Is it prog, pop, prog pop or maybe even a whole new genre? What really matters is the mastermind who goes by the name of George. Ultimately, it always comes back to George – Finally George.
credits
released April 27, 2018
All Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards - Finally George
Drums & Percussion - Todd Sucherman
Guitar Solos on 2 & 8 - Erlend Krauser
Guitar Solo on 4 - John Engehausen
Guitar Solo on 6 - Ralf Bittermann
Additional Guitars on 1,3,4,8 - Erlend Krauser
Flute on 7 - Fiete Felsch
Piano on 10 - Matthias Pogoda
Hammond A-100 on 4,5,8,10 - Detlef Bösche
All songs written and produced by Finally George
Mixed by Frank Reinke
All Tracks were recorded at electricrooster Studios Hamburg
Todd Sucherman’s drums recorded in Austin, Texas by JR Taylor
Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Mastering London
Todd, thanks for your great support, it was a pleasure to work with you!
Erlend, Ralf, Mathias, Detlef, John, Fiete and JR, thank you
so much!
Very special thanks to my friend Frank Simmerlein for your great support during the creation of this album.
Johannes, Paul, Franz and Bettina - I love you!
Fotos by Ole Jacobsen
Design and Artwork Elu Galling
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supported by 31 fans who also own “Life is a Killer”
Really was looking forward to the new album from the pilots. Arrived today and I love it on initial listen. It has once again that nice groove that connects the rather varied tracks. Boris Stalf