Shiraz Lane are 5 young guys from Finland who released their debut album “For Crying Out Loud” through Frontiers on 15th April.  The band formed in 2011, released their first single in 2014 and signed to Frontiers the following year following a number of international festival appearances. The track “Wake Up” was the closing track on the NI Rocks A-Z Show on 29th March.


 

Shiraz Lane are fronted by Hannes Kett on vocals and we then have Jani Laine on lead guitar, Miki Kalske on rhythm guitar, Joel Alex on bass and Ana Willman on drums. Their influences are Aerosmith and Guns n Roses, as well as Scandinavian bands such as The 69 Eyes and Children of Bodum.


Shiraz Lane initially released a two track single online in October 2014. These 2 tracks were also included on the 5 track EP called “Be The Slave Or Be The Change” that was released in May 2015. Two of the tracks from that EP are now included on the new album – “Mental Slave” and “Behind The 8 Ball”. In total, there are 10 tracks on “For Crying Out Loud”. My favourites would be “Wake Up”, “Mommas Boy”, “Behind The 8 Ball” and “For Crying Out Loud”.

 

For more info check out https://www.facebook.com/ShirazLane

 

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