It is now getting close to 5:00 in the morning, here I am wide-awake, working on another review to get my brain going and listening into this band in the heart of Italy named Blind Revolution. You may think that’s an odd name for a band, but for a four-piece band hailing from Sicily, forming in 2010, you can’t deny the sounds of the arena rock orientated arrangements our fellow maestros are following in the foot-steps of Journey, Kansas, Boston, Survivor, and Night Ranger.
Now, for me, I have a love of the rock progressivo Italiano genre, simply known as the Italian progressive rock scene; Museo Rosenbach, Le Orme, il Balletto di Bronzo, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Premiata Forneria Marconi, and Metamorfosi, but for Blind Revolution, it sounded like it was recorded in the late ‘70s, early ‘80s who captured that AOR genre in its amazing force like a blazing fire, spreading across like crazy.
That and their latest album, Far from the Sun showcases this generating push into wonderment. Following it up to their 2020 debut Money, Love, Light, Far from the Sun grabs you and pushes you into unbelievable celebrations in a way they’ve put their heart and soul into their new album for 2026.
Whether you get it or you don’t, the Sipone brothers (Cristiano and Simone), have done their homework and know their source material when it comes to the arena rock sound by adding flames of fire, ‘80s synths, Hammond organs, more guitars, and powerful drum work that the group get into these five centrepieces which you need to take note of.
With synths, guitars, and, stop-and-go train chugging drum patterns behind ‘Break Free’ represents the high-energised coming-of-age story of coming from a broken family with nothing else to do, but the dream of being something like a motorcycle racer, Olympic runner, hitting the big time, and reaching stardom, is all the dreams you have inside your head to be free from the rough situations you’re in and getting out for good while ‘Christine’ is the ultimate break-up song, but with its powering force in a way the revolution details the roughness, growing up fast, and not sure where the future will lead them with intense interaction between the couple, but adding in that heartbreaking arrangement that is shown in the lyrical textures.
When I think of the opening track ‘Heroes Never Die’ I think straight away of the blaring forces of Michael Bolton’s time with Black Jack before Michael Bolton became Michael Bolton the crooner, covering soul/R&B hits. That’s what I thought of straight away during that time frame in the late ‘70s, early ‘80s I think straight away of the Black Jack period Bolton had that Blind Revolution had in their blood and veins of the song.
‘Sense of It All’ endures the Slippery When Wet-era from Bon Jovi with a dosage of Survivor’s arrangements in the mid-to-late ‘80s when the hard rock scene was glowing in the hair metal momentum which sparks massive amounts of electrical jolts inside your veins for the perfect sing-along song that audiences will keep inside their hearts for the band to carry on their legacy.
With ‘The Gang’ the Sipone Brothers paid attention to the work of Stan Bush. Yes, the Stan Bush who wrote ‘The Touch’ for the 1986 animated classic, Transformers: The Movie. It’s the chance to pour your heart into the sound of the rock n roll genre, but adding in that kicking element with lead guitar improvisations, ascending riffs, and doing what’s best to spread their wings and fly across the heavens with a roaring reception.
As I’ve said earlier, whether you get it or you don’t, you need to give Blind Revolution a chance to see why they’re honouring the legends of the arena rock and the hair metal movement by carrying the flag into battle and showing the honour and pure glory that is on Far from the Sun.
