Frontiers

Sleek production defines this record, merging heavy synthesizers with the soaring vocals of Steve Perry. It is a document of a group at their peak, utilizing a high-gloss aesthetic that resonated with the MTV era of the early eighties.

Sessions were famously delayed after the band was forced to evacuate their studio during a major seismic event in the San Francisco Bay Area. That underlying pressure bled into the tracks, creating a collection of urgent, driving rock songs.