Flare – In Search of Fame

Release date: 2007
By: Nina Mende

  Patience is something that will get honored in the end. So did I get honoured
  after some waiting with the Chinese edition of the latest Flare album “in
  search of fame” including the two music videos “beautiful songs”
  and “this is the sound of good music”.

  Flare is a pop band with glam and happiness from Bergen, Norway. They have
  been praised as the missing link between the Darkness and Keane, somewhere in
  between.
  In May 2005 FLARE released their debut album in Norway. The album named “In
  Search Of Fame” is mixed and produced by Greg Haver (Manics), Bjorn Thorsrud
  (Smashing Pumpkins) and Norwegian hot shot Erlend Fauske. The boys will now
  start to search for record labels abroad for release in other countries.
  FLARE is stadium pop; lavish and brash, pouting and preening, shamelessly catchy
  and beautiful pop, turning many heads with the sheer quality of songs as well
  as intense shows, massive glitter backdrop, zebra-clad amps and drum-kit! These
  boys deliver intense and captivating live shows wherever they play. I will try
  catching them live on their next tour to tell you more about their shows and
  give you images to all that.

  The songs make you feel love and give you warmth in the cold. The music mostly
  gives you the feeling of finally seeing somebody you’ve been awaiting for
  very long, again. The video to 2This is the sound of Good music” is about
  a critical reporter getting his mind changed about Flare by their magic and
  sound of good music. It’s a very bright video compared to the other one
  “Beautiful songs”, which is a more melancholic video showing many
  couples missing and loving each other. The last couple songs of the album are
  slower and somehow a little bit sadder than the first couple ones, but still
  very beautiful. It is a quite self-confident album and I am looking forward
  to the next.

01. In search of fame   02. Farewell amore   03. This is the sound of good music   04. Beautiful songs   05. Tupolev’s Daughter   06. Brotherlover   07. Malsterious   08. Nine-Six-Five   09. Star

Links:

Flare official
Flare Myspace