Flower Kings Vocalist To Release ‘Powerplay’

Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion
Swedish singer Hasse Fröberg and his progressive rock group Musical Companion have announced the release of their second album. Powerplay’ is the second album by the Flower Kings vocalist & Musical Companion. One year after the release of their critically highly acclaimed debut ‘Futurepast‘ (Sept. 2010), Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion entered the studio to record the backing tracks for ‘Powerplay’ (April 2012).

The line-up of the band is still the same, Hasse Fröberg: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar; Anton Lindsjö: Lead guitar, backing vocals; Kjell Haraldsson: Keyboards, backing vocals; Thomsson: Bass, backing vocals; Ola Strandberg: Drums, backing vocals.

Futurepast generated concerts in countries such as Sweden, Norway, Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium. With the release of ‘Powerplay’, Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion is now confirmed for festivals such as RoSfest in Gettysburg (USA) and Night of the prog in Loreley (Germany) as well as performances on both sides of the Atlantic.

The sound engineer on ‘Powerplay’is Tomas Bodin. He’s a collegue with Hasse in the established and influential progressive rock band The Flower Kings. Even if Hasse likes studio work, he prefers the live scene: “Playing live is definitely the right element for us. I really can’t wait to take The Musical Companion and and the songs on ‘Powerplay’ on the road”.

The album is scheduled for release date April 23rd, 2012

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