Treat is a Swedish band that some say is legendary. It consist of Robert Ernlund (vocals), Anders Wikström (guitar/backing vocals), Pontus Egberg (bass), Patrick Appelgren (keyboards/guitars/background vocals), and Jamie Borger (drums). The new album, entitled “Ghosts of Graceland” was released by Frontier Records on April 15th 2016. The album has colossal vocal harmonies, choruses and guitars and will have you singing along in no time at all.
The opening track is the title track “Ghost of Graceland”, which hits hard in the beginning and bleeds into some nice melodic vocals. The production is tight and has some nice full keyboards and very melodic guitar solos thrown into the mix. Next up is a balls to the wall rocker “I Don’t Miss the Misery” which has a killer guitar riff which complement the bass and drums groove very well. The album continues with more guitar riff and melody driven songs, like “Better the Devil you Know”, all songs having very nice melodic vocals. This song has a middle section that features a nice keyboard solo and some guitar mimicking the vocal lines. Yes, there are a couple of ballads, and the first is up next “Do your own Stunts”, the song has a little of everything with the Keyboard and vocals filling the sound. The song “Endangered” starts playing and the rhythm section hits its groove again. This song has a huge chorus with massive drums and a slide guitar solo, which gives the song a different feel.
LISTEN TO A SAMPLE OF: Treat – Ghosts of Graceland
The remaining songs continue to impress with keyboard intro’s and picked guitar lines like “Alien Earthlings”, “Non Stop Madness” and “Inferno” which does get you back into a groove. I think they are just preparing you for “Too Late to Die Young”, which is a Saturday Night Party song. After the song “Non Stop Madness”, the band Kicks into “House on Fire” where they have a big guitar riff and keyboard riff working together and then the beautiful “Together Alone” which is a powerful ballad with piano over an orchestrated keyboard and vocal only. And finally the track “Everything To Everyone” ends the album with a song that is all about the colossal chorus that you can imagine being played live as the whole crowd wave from side to side with lighters/cell phones in hand.
The band shows maturity throughout the entire album. You feel it emotionally and lyrically. If you love good music this album is a must have!
Band:
Anders Wikström – Guitars, backing vocals
Robert Ernlund – Lead vocals
Jamie Borger – Drums, backing vocals
Patrick Appelgren – Keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
Pontus Egberg – Bass, backing vocals
Ghost of Graceland Song Titles:
01 – Ghost Of Graceland
02 – I Don’t Miss The Misery
03 – Better The Devil You Know
04 – Do Your Own Stunts
05 – Endangered
06 – Inferno
07 – Alien Earthlings
08 – Nonstop Madness
09 – Too Late To Die Young
10 – House On Fire
11 – Together Alone
12 – Everything To Everyone