Houston is back with a third album in their 'Relaunch' series, the aptly titled "Relaunch III" on
July 14, 2023. The basic concept behind the Relaunch albums is for Houston to shine a light
on obscure, unknown AOR gems from their personal musical collections. Houston, an AOR
band themselves, are true AOR connoisseurs and want to pay their respects to these
legendary artists and songs.
The first Relaunch album was released in 2011 and featured a cover of 'Runaway' by Dakota.
The band collaborated on a video for the song with Danny MacAskill, a professional BMX
rider, and his sponsor Red Bull and it became a huge success, with over 90 million views on
YouTube and close to 2 million streams on Spotify, as of this writing. Much to AOR fans
delight, and especially the guys in Houston, the success of the 'Runaway' cover got Dakota
to reunite and record a brand new studio album. Let's see what magic "Relaunch III" might
achieve!
The Stockholm, Sweden based Houston first appeared on the scene with their self-titled
debut album in 2010, which was selected as the Best AOR Album of 2010 by Classic Rock
Magazine. The band then went on to play the festival circuit with appearances at Sweden
Rock, Download Festival (UK), and Rock of Ages (Germany), as well as touring the UK with
Swedish sleaze rockers Crashdïet. Since that time, aside from the success enjoyed with their
cover of Dakota's 'Runaway', the band has been consistently releasing high quality albums
featuring top notch AOR originals, including their most recent studio album, "IV" in 2021.