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KEYS - The Grand Seduction

Release Date: 19th July 2024
CD Catalogue No: ESM389
CD Bar Code: 5031281003898
Vinyl catalogue No: ESMV1020
Vinyl Barcode: 5031281010209

CD Track List:
1. THE GRAND SEDUCTION 9:02
2. ALL I NEED  6:49
3. SHINING SAILS  5:51
4. SWITCHBLADE  6:02
5. VORTEX   4:06
6. SKIN AND BONES  6:42
7. TURN TO DUST    4:42
8. CRAZY TOWN   7:43
9. THOUGHT WE HAD FOREVER  6:04
10. THE WORLD IS OURS (Curse the Lies)   4:02

Vinyl Track List:
Side A
1. THE GRAND SEDUCTION 6:47
2. ALL I NEED 6:49
3. SHINING SAILS 5:51
4. VORTEX 4:06

Side B
1. SWITCHBLADE 6:02
2. SKIN AND BONES 6:42
3. TURN TO DUST 4:42
4. CRAZY TOWN 7:43

PRODUCED BY MARK MANGOLD AND JAKE E
MIXED BY MARK MANGOLD
MASTERED BY MAOR APPELBAUM
Artwork by James Gaden

KEYS has just completed their second album, “The Grand Seduction”.

This all-keyboard band is the brainchild of singer Jake E (Cyhra, Amaranthe and others) and keyboardist Mark Mangold (Touch, Drive, She Said, Michael Bolton, Cher, Paul Rogers and others) with Emanuel Bagge (Sweden’s Got Talent Finalist) on additional vocals and keys, Irwan Fabrien (noted keyboard guitar sound designer) with help of drum gurus Alex Landenburg (Kamelot, Cyhra and others).

Featuring live performances with three keyboardists and a huge battery of keyboards, this ambitious band brings keyboard and instrumental prowess to new heights while playing songs that run the gamut from scathing progressive melodic forays to catchy and melodic rock anthems …and Jake’s award-winning voice (Burrn Vocalist of the year 2020).   Previous KEYS album also featured guest keyboard additions by Charlie Calv of Angel and others.

Though songs are first and foremost, this band shows the versatility of keyboards in this day and age.  These artfully crafted songs are ripe with scathing synth, organ and “guitar” pyrotechnics, dazzling time signatures and drumming, bombastic choruses and “guitar” riffs (played on keyboards with the now available plug in’s that perfectly emulate guitars).  As Mark and Jake are first and foremost award winning songwriters, they never lose sight of the composition and melodies, though couched in the very signature and hard to pigeon hole sound (isn’t that the whole point?) of this band and Jake's 4 octave vocal range.