Taylor Road

The brand new album! ‘Taylor Road’ is Kris Pohlmann’s third album, his first as a solo artist. The album features 11 tracks firmly rooted in the 70s blues-rock era.

“‘Taylor Road’, is the place where my musical journey began. When I was 15 years old my world centered on the music of Status Quo, ZZ Top, Free & Cream. It was rock music that first inspired me to start playing guitar. This album is my homage to that period of musical discovery. Straight up blues infused rock music. Heavy rhythms, guitar riffs and big solos.” – Kris Pohlmann, September 2014

Having spent 7 years fronting the KRIS POHLMANN BAND, releasing 2 highly acclaimed albums, winning no less than 6 Blues awards in the process and having extensively toured Germany & Netherlands, Kris decided to disband the trio in the summer of 2013. KRIS wanted to form a new band, harder hitting and more rock focused than ever before.

“I found myself listening to more and more rock music and revisiting older demos that I had written over the last 5-10 years, songs that had never developed into album releases because I thought they weren’t right for the KRIS POHLMANN BAND. It was a conscious decision to change direction but a natural musical progression. I needed a fresh challenge, a new direction and wanted to explore my roots.”

The 2nd half of 2013 was spent turning those demos into songs, experimenting with new ideas, writing new material and seeking out the right musicians for the job. For the ‘Taylor Road’ recording sessions KRIS acquired ex-Henrik Freischlader drummer Daniel Guthausen and the young, talented bass player Dennis Bowens to lay down the heavy rhythms. Unlike with previous albums, a more relaxed approach to recording was adopted – the recording process took over half a year with the band focusing on one song at a time. At lot of effort was spent finding the right approach, style and ‘sound’ for each song with the band often re-recording songs until everyone was happy with the song.

“The music on this album feels like it did for me at the beginning of my musical journey. Making this album has made me feel more inspired and motivated to make and perform music than as far back as I can remember. I can’t wait to see where this road takes me.”

The album contains the single ‘One Good Reason’ which early press reviews referred to as “Chris Rea meets ZZ Top”, the title track ‘Taylor Road’ with it’s catchy chorus and pounding shuffle rhythm and one of the heaviest tracks Kris Pohlmann has ever recorded in ‘Used To Be’.