Dream Company - The Wildest Season

Dream Company is an Italian melodic hard rock band that was originally a Bon Jovi tribute band. The current line up, Giulio Garghentini (vocals), Enrico Modini (guitars and keyboards), Stefano Scola (bass) and Davide Colombi (drums) took an important step as they decided to become a band offering original compositions. Excellent choice since October 11, 2019, will release the first album of the band that responds to the beautiful name of The Wildest Season.

And cleverly, the band joined the brilliant Mario Percudani (guitarist of Hungryheart and Hardline) to produce the album, do some backing vocals and play some parts of keyboards. But also, Mario participates in eight of the ten compositions of the album. The friend Alessandro del Vecchio (Hardline) masterizes the album. Dream Company has signed with the excellent Italian label, Tanzan Music.

The lyrics of the songs are far from being like "I Love You Baby, You Love Me Too" but tell the story of the vagaries of life: the fear of being loved, the anger, the need to kill the ghost who lives in our mind or how can we change the world. Rockers are sensitive to the world around us and express the need to communicate their concern for the future of humanity.

Days In Blue is the example of melodic rock that is the hallmark of Dream Company. Nicely aggressive guitars and an easy to remember chorus. Giulio Garghentini excels at singing and Enrico Modini turns out to be a guitarist with visible talent. Mine Mine Mine is in the same vein. At once rock and melodic. We understand that Giulio sang Bon Jovi.

Video of Days In Blue

I love the acoustic ballad Scared To Be Loved, which without being revolutionary, is a beautiful moment passed in the company of keyboards, electric guitars and elegant vocal parts. As for Salvation, it's also a melodic hard rock, fast, racy, with a short but powerful solo. A welded band that knows each other perfectly.

Video of Mine Mine Mine

I have a crush on the masterful Revolution on which Giulio takes different, lower intonations. The backing vocals of Davide and Enrico are remarkably set up. A good solo supports the rock effect of the piece. River of Love is a title composed by guitarist Enrico Modini. It's a mid tempo built like a ballad. Languorous guitars, the piano, a solid rhythm and a singer with a powerful and fragile voice at a time.

The Ghost is the story of someone who wants to kill the ghost who lives in him. An incisive rock, alert, removed but always melodic. Return to ballad mode with Land of Freedom. Clear guitars, a rhythm that marks a ballad tempo and a solo that tears the clouds. Love Is Possession is another fast track, always effective and always melodic rock. A punchy chorus and a brilliant solo. Liars is probably the best track of the album. Incisive and sharp. A melodic rock, always, that talks about these speakers, hucksters and liars. The musical bridge with string arrangements is absolutely beautiful.

Lovers of melodic rock (or AOR), we are spoiled at the moment because the genre returns in great shape thanks to bands like Dream Company. Good compositions, talented musicians. (melodic) Rock ain't dead.