Robin Red (Degreed) - s/t

[Stefan]

 

The singer from Degreed signs a solo deal with Frontiers:

Press release:

Frontiers Music Srl is excited to announce the signing of vocalist ROBIN RED to a multi-album deal. Robin is a Swedish rock singer known for being one of the founding members of melodic hard rockers degreed. Since then, he has toured all over Europe in support of five well received studio albums from the band. Additionally, Robin also participated in the Swedish version of American Idol in 2008, finishing in the Top 10.

In 2020, Robin decided to start a solo career and sent his demos to Frontiers, who were quite excited with what they heard. ”I’ve been thinking about doing a solo album for many years. It’s kind of a dream come true. But I never really felt ready, not until now. I'm gonna go back to the roots and make it a little more organic. I'm very inspired by artists like Jimmy Barnes and Bryan Adams, and the sound will not be far from there, I think. But it will still be me,” says Robin.

Robin’s debut album is tentatively scheduled for release in early 2021.

 

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Edited August 2, 2021 by Stefan

[lettard]

Hmm...is this payback for the rest of em doin the Ted Poley album  will be interested to hear this though tbh.

[Glen]

interested obviously but not sure about 'organic' 

[Geoff]

Yeah, I'll listen with cautious interest. 

[Stefan]

Self-titled album out September 17. 

 

 

[Aordave89]

I saw the other day he had wrapped up filming the debut video - Hopefully it’s released pretty soon. 

[KarpetRydOFunk]

Entirely missed this thread. I'm def interested. 

[Glen]

love this guys music so high hopes 

[Aordave89]

Swedish vocalist ROBIN RED (degreed) has announced the release of his debut solo album, a self-titled affair, on September 17, 2021 via Frontiers Music Srl. The album was written by Robin along with Dave Dalone of fellow Swedish rockers H.E.A.T, who also produced and plays guitars on the album. Today, fans can get their first preview of the album with the release of the single and video for 'Don't Leave Me (With A Broken Heart).

"'Don’t Leave Me (With A Broken Heart)' is a song originally written by Thomas Jakobsson and Björn Axelsson back in the early nineties. Actually, the very famous Swedish artist Carola Häggkvist is singing on the first demo. The song was never released back then, and I have the honor of being the one to finally release it," says Robin of the album's lead single. "My mindset when I put this album together was to keep it very much as classic rock as possible, I think, haha. Think of it as a 1983 release. I think you will hear a bit of Foreigner, John Waite, Bryan Adams, and Rick Springfield in there," he adds.

In 2020, Robin Red, lead vocalist of Sweden's degreed, decided to launch a solo career and sent his demos to Frontiers Music Srl, who were quite thrilled with what they heard, to say the least. ”I’ve been thinking about doing a solo album for many years. It’s kind of a dream come true. But I never really felt ready, not until now. I went back to my roots and made it a little more organic. I'm very inspired by artists like Jimmy Barnes and Bryan Adams, and the sound is not far from there, I think. But it is still me,” says Robin. 

The resulting album is indeed a melodic rock fest with catchy, uptempo songs that will mightily impress fans of the genre and especially of such artists as Foreigner, Rick Springfield, Bryan Adams and John Waite. The album was recorded together with Dave Dalone (H.E.A.T), as producer, guitarist and co-songwriter.

Robin Red is a Swedish rock singer most well known for being one of the founding members of the popular melodic hard rockers degreed. With them, he has toured all over Europe in support of five well received studio albums and is currently working on their sixth studio album. Additionally, Robin was also a featured participant in the Swedish version of American Idol in 2008, finishing in the Top 10.

Tracklist:
1.  Don’t Leave Me (With A Broken Heart)
2.  (I’m A) Bad Habit
3.  Everlyn
4.  Freedom
5.  Midnight Rain
6.  Can’t Get Enough
7.  Reason To Survive
8.  Heart Of Stone
9.  Nitelife
10. Head Over Heels
11. Livin’ Dead
12. Living For

LINE-UP:
Robin Red - Lead vocals, backing vocals & bass
Dave Dalone - Guitars, synthesizers, backing vocals and percussion
Mats Eriksson - Drums
Erik Modin - Percussion
Joan Eriksson - Grand Piano, background vocals
Jona Tee - Organ
Petra Eriksson - Background vocals

 

 

[Aordave89]

Excellent first track - Fairly confident to say from the above song and musicians involved this will be a great album. 

Dalone rips as per. Look forward to hearing more. 

[tts42572]

Good first tune.  I kind of wanted it to explode just a little more in the chorus but still good and basically sounds like a Degreed tune.

Expecting good things from this album.

[Glen]

excellent first track. 

[lettard]

Love that,first class  

[Eric3]

Really talented dude. I hope this album is a success.

Also, sort of off-topic but...anyone else notice that Degreed gets very little love on the Heavy Harmonies main page? Several of their albums have no comments at all. That's strange.

Edited July 4, 2021 by Eric3

[Glen]

12 hours ago, Eric3 said:

Really talented dude. I hope this album is a success.

Also, sort of off-topic but...anyone else notice that Degreed gets very little love on the Heavy Harmonies main page? Several of their albums have no comments at all. That's strange.

they qualify easily in my top 10 bands of the last 10 years 

[Geoff]

Good tune, of course. I dig. 

[The Rocker]

For me. better than any Degreed song.

[Glen]

16 minutes ago, The Rocker said:

For me. better than any Degreed song.

for me. ridiculous comment.

[AlphaMale]

22 minutes ago, Glen said:

for me. ridiculous comment.

Big time! 

[The Rocker]

3 hours ago, Glen said:

for me. ridiculous comment.

For me, I don't give a shit!  lol

[tts42572]

Checked the samples for the album out on I Tunes.

Definitely much lighter AOR than Degreed.  I suppose the point probably was to do something different than Degreed though.

There were a couple tunes that sounded pretty good to me in the samples....Midnight Rain and Heart of Stone were two that I remember.  I really wasn't that taken by most of it though.  I just like a little more edge....Basically like Degreed lol.

It does sound like the songs are well crafted though.  And I'll give it a proper listen when it drops.  But can't say I'm overly excited about it.

[Glen]

2 hours ago, The Rocker said:

For me, I don't give a shit!  lol

I know you don't lol. 

[The Rocker]

4 hours ago, Glen said:

I know you don't lol. 

Better safe than sorry is my favorite from them

[Mr.AOR]

Love that track, look forward to the album.

[Glen]

The samples on Apple Music sound excellent. 

In particular there are 3 back to back killer tunes in the 2nd half - Heart of Stone  > Nitelife > Head Over Heels.

can't wait for this to drop