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"Life Is Just Another Day" opens The Autumn Band the album that marks the welcome return of Sweden’s Autumn Breeze.

Life may be “just another day” but this is not just another album. This one will be enthusiastically snapped up by fans that remember the band from

theircareer..............The opening two tracks “Life Is Just Another Day” and “Sorrow” ooze the anticipated class and quality amid an emotional air of gentle reflection that marks the band's return..............

represents only part of what the band are about.....The spell is broken by the up-tempo rocker “Love My Baby.” “Schon fur Schasen”......enriched by the bands musicianship.“Until Finished” takes us along an impossibly catchy path......

“Going Down To Africa”captures the very essence of the place, “Rock 'n' Roll Madness” takes another twist with a song that is guaranteed to re-surface when you least expect it....“Fried Eggs” takes a loving look back to days long gone....... “Gruba” follows with some excellent lines..... "he went down to Sunset Boulevard but he never saw a star.” ......the vibrant, synth-soaked instrumental “Massosen.”

....."Mombasa” which takes us back to the hot African sun and arrives complete with scene setting percussion.

Welcome back Autumn Breeze it was worth the wait.
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Peter Wallgren :

Finally it's autumn again after thirty years!

Over thirty years have passed since their eponymous album "Höstbris" saw the light of day. With that record forever cemented as a landmark of Swedish symphonic rock…………And can they still deliver good rock music? Don't worry, of course they can! But they also have some new aces up their sleeves ……Going down to Africa", "Mombasa" and "Gruba" have the smooth flavour of world music, mixed with latin funk, a winning concept……..(Autumn Breeze has) moved on to a more up to date world/jazz/funk sound. Then there are three straight rockers "Until finished", "Fried eggs" and "Love me baby" all of these are more "in your face" than the average Autumn Breeze track, what they lack in originality they take back in energy, and there is a certain hit potential in some of the chorus lines. …….the progressive/symphonic numbers "Life is just another day", "Schon Für Schasen", "Sorrow", "Rock´n roll madness" and "Massösen". …..is sheer magic……the new singer Linus Bornloff does a fantastic soulful job with the vocals. …..with the always outstanding flute to the fore……..the voice of Gert Magnusson has matured in a very cool way…(Massösen and Schon für Schasen) is the peak of the album in many ways and the organ/guitar work is just amazing….no other band has a sound like this!

Review by Ivan_Melgar_M

The rebirth of a band

This time the band……mix Prog atmospheric tracks with Jazzy songs and straight rock material…… proves us their versatility. "The Autumn Band" starts with the excellent "It's Just Another Day", a fantastic Spacey track in the vein of Pink Floyd, with skilled guitar riffs, beautiful flute and Jan creating that dense atmosphere that seems to fall over the listener.……my biggest impression is the vocal work, Linus Bornloff combines his low ranged voice with the sweet tone of "Sara Bergqvist", creating a memorable song."Sorrow" is a melancholic and melodic song again with an excellent vocal work, but this time the star is Jan with his piano, the tune is heartbreaking and delicate. "Love my Baby" is pure Rock & Roll…..nothing spectacular, but pleasant to listen. "Schon für Schase" is another Space/Psyche oriented song…..the atmospheric keyboard and amazing guitar is perfectly supported by that human metronome called "Lennart Olssen" in the drums……again AUTUMN BREEZE hit the nail in the head."Until Finished" is another strange track….the nice Beatlesque aroma takes us back to the late 60's…….Going Down to Africa" some sort of Elvis sings Funk, very entertaining.….."Rock & Roll Madness"….Folk Prog with JETHRO TULL overtones, the usually sweet flute is now aggressive and powerful, the choirs are outstanding and again the piano is delightful."Fried Eggs" begins as a Rock track, but soon morphs into a jazzy song with very good vocal work, this guys keep surprising me with their constant changes, and the next song "Mombassa" enhances this impression, because it starts funky and changes into some Folksy Jazz with contagious percussion. "Gruba" again combines several styles and genres……the biggest surprise is "Massösen", at last a Symphonic track with lush keyboards, killer bass and radical changes, the highest point of the album. ……eclectic blend of styles and moods closer to PINK FLOYD and JETHRO TULL than any other band…….the music is good…….