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Double album on nordic exclusive purple vinyls with gatefold cover

Swedish melodic rock pioneers Treat released their tenth studio album, The Wild Card, in 2025. It was released three years after their critically acclaimed 2022 release The Endgame, the album continues the band’s legacy of delivering high-energy melodic hard rock with massive hooks, layered harmonies, and stadium-sized anthems. Guitarist Anders Wikström discussed about how the album came to life: I set out to write an album that would be a musical timeline for our whole career and it carries the message in each song both musically and lyrically. It takes the band full circle, something that I actually had in mind with our last album The Endgame and have now completed. We made this album for us and the fans, and we became better at what we do together with our producer Peter Månsson. This is the first album we’ve made that actually has a story timeline imbedded, subtle but still there, starting from the early 80s up until now, and every song stands on their own in a collection of the best songs we could muster, he continued. One of the tracks is called 1985 and the band says the following about the track; We wanted to capture what we went through as a band in 1985. A year that changed everything for us, and the spirit of this song tells the whole story. Wikström concluded: I’m really proud of The Wild Card, it’s the strongest collection of songs we’ve put out since a long time, everybody in the band is really showcasing their best ability on this record and worked really hard to make this very special, to make the band’s legacy memorable. With this album the band shows the world that The Wild Card is anything but a gamble – it’s a winning hand from a band that’s still at the top of their game.

Track list:
1. Out With A Bang
2. Rodeo
3. 1985
4. Endeavour
5. Hand On Heart
6. Heavens Waiting
7. Back To The Future
8. Mad Honey
9. Adam & Evil
10. Your Majesty
11. Night Brigade
12. In The Blink Of An Eye
13. One Minute To Breathe