A couple of weeks ago The Animation, hailing from Göteborg, released their debut album “Dance Into the Unknown”. Here it’s about arena rock with a massive sound and echoing guitars. The sound could be compared with U2, as in the title track “Dance Into the Unknown” or Coldplay, but the songs themselves give me more vibes from american melodic rock. I like them best when they turn up the tempo like in “Overboard” here below.

It was the drummer Johannes who came up with the name The Animation. The others liked it and like in many other cases they let the name mean something afterwards instead, as they for example run animations during the live shows.

You can follow The Animation on Facebook and the album is available on Spotify. Here’s the first single “It’s Late”:

It’s Late