The Quill to Release Live, New, Borrowed, Blue Compilation Due Jan. 28
Earlier this year, guitarist Christian Carlsson of Swedish heavy rockers The Quill discussed being in the band for 30 years and how those relationships have shaped his life over that time. The Quill‘s latest studio album, Earthrise, is a modern wonder for lovers of classic heavy; the band, who’ve never seemed short on swagger thanks in no small part to the soaring vocals of frontman Magnus Ekwall nonetheless holding to the structural traditions of rock and roll craftsmanship. One might call them straightforward, but that says little of the quality of their work or the manner in which their approach has developed over the last three decades.
Good band? Yes, thanks for asking. New rare-and-unreleased collection coming out in January? Works for me. With as much history as they have to cover, who’s gonna complain? Jerks. Jerks and goons will complain. For the rest of us, Jan. 28 is the release date.
From the PR wire:
The Quill – Live, New, Borrowed, Blue
Metalville Records announces January 28th, 2022 as the international release date for The Quill’s Live, New, Borrowed, Blue, a personal selection of unreleased song treasures from their long career.
Digging through old boxes, you find stuff you’ve totally forgotten about – and every once in a while, you find old nuggets well worth rediscovering again. And when you’ve been active as a band for a long time, you always find songs that didn’t fit into the usual album format.
For the reasons we know, The Quill had a lot of free time last year to look through the remaining tracks to shorten the waiting time for the next studio album for the fans. Live, New, Borrowed, Blue contains tracks from the sessions for the last album Earthrise as well as some cover songs that The Quill recorded in the late ’90s for various tribute albums that are now long out of print. As a kind of icing on the cake, there are also two live tracks from the Sweden Rock Festival 2019, as a reminder of this fantastic performance.
First track premiere to be revealed shortly.
Tracklisting for The Quill’s Live, New, Borrowed, Blue
1. Keep On Moving (Extended Version)
2. S.O.S. (Too Bad)
3. Children Of The Sun
4. Where Eagles Dare
5. Keep It Together (Live)
6. Mount Everest
7. Burning Tree
8. Frozen Over
9. Hole In My Head (Live)
THE QUILL lineup
Magnus Ekwall: vocals (Ayreon, Mountain of Power)
Christian Carlsson: guitar (Cirkus Prütz)
Roger Nilsson: bass (Spiritual Beggars, Arch Enemy, Firebird)
Jolle Atlagic: drums (Hanoi Rocks, Electric Boys, Firebird)
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