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Review: The brainchild of guitarist and songwriter Simon Harrison (Stranger, Wisht) who has primarily enjoyed a career as a session musician and ghost-writer, Atlantic was established as an outlet for his retro 80s AOR and melodic rock proclivities, paying homage to the likes of Whitesnake, Journey and Bad English. Releasing their debut LP Power in 1994 before disbanding to focus on a myriad of other duties, Harrison would cross paths with Mark Grimmett towards the end of the decade, with the pair agreeing to eventually work on a project together. While sessions initially took place under the moniker of the MGB Band and had somewhat of a start-stop energy in the early days, somewhere along the line the duo realised they had a new Atlantic LP on their hands. Enlisting a full backing band, Another World is a 2024-time portal right back to 1984 with glistening synths, face-melting guitar solos and saccharine vocals all melded into one glorious dad-rock hour of self-aware cheese delivered with an overabundance of musical virtuosity.