2025 Sun City – Forever
Forever is the debut studio album by the Danish synthwave trio Sun City, released on November 11, 2025. Heavily inspired by 1980s arena pop, rock, and nostalgia, the album combines synthesizer layers with upbeat production and smooth, retro saxophone leads.
From Chris Catton: Shannon plays the drums on “This Time”. He was invited for a drum tech/recording masterclass at the academy where I studied, and he wanted to finish the class by recording drums for a track. As we knew each other already at that point, he had asked me to bring a Sun City demo ready for drum recording if we got the time. So it’s basically one take + the practice round where he heard the song for the first time, and I did minor editing.
Tracks
1 Forever (Mads Noyé; Chris Catton; Jonas Klintström Larsen) 03:18
2 Into The Night (Mads Noyé; Chris Catton; Jonas Klintström Larsen; Jonathan Adams) 03:53
3 This Time (Mads Noyé; Chris Catton) 04:09
4 Last Goodbye (Mads Noyé; Chris Catton; Jonas Klintström Larsen) 03:51
5 Just Like A Stranger (Chris Catton) 03:44
6 On My Mind (Mads Noyé; Chris Catton; Alexander Weinberg; Jonas Klintström Larsen) 02:56
7 Restless Heart (Mads Noyé; Chris Catton; Jonas Klintström Larsen) 03:58
8 Feelings (Chris Catton) 04:06
9 Could It Be Love (Mads Noyé; Chris Catton) 03:45
10 Never Let You Go (Chris Catton) 03:43
Musicians
1 Forever
| Keyboards | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Chris Catton |
| Programming | Mads Noyé |
| Programming | Chris Catton |
| Sax | Jonas Klintström Larsen |
| Vocals | Chris Catton |
2 Into The Night
| Guitar | Sleepless Nights |
| Keyboards | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Mads Noyé |
| Programming | Mads Noyé |
| Programming | Chris Catton |
| Sax | Jonas Klintström Larsen |
3 This Time
| Drums | Shannon Forrest |
| Keyboards | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Chris Catton |
| Programming | Mads Noyé |
| Trumpet | Olabiyi Julius |
| Vocals | Chris Catton |
4 Last Goodbye
| Keyboards | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Chris Catton |
| Programming | Mads Noyé |
| Programming | Chris Catton |
| Sax | Jonas Klintström Larsen |
| Vocals | Chris Catton |
5 Just Like A Stranger
| All Other Instruments | Chris Catton |
| Sax | Jonas Klintström Larsen |
| Vocals | Chris Catton |
6 On My Mind
| Keyboards | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Chris Catton |
| Programming | Mads Noyé |
| Programming | Chris Catton |
| Sax | Jonas Klintström Larsen |
| Vocals | Izzy Perri |
| Vocals | Chris Catton |
7 Restless Heart
| Keyboards | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Mads Noyé |
| Programming | Mads Noyé |
| Sax | Jonas Klintström Larsen |
| Vocals | Chris Catton |
8 Feelings
| All Instruments | Chris Catton |
| Vocals | Chris Catton |
9 Could It Be Love
| Guitar | Chris Catton |
| Keyboards | Mads Noyé |
| Synthesizer | Mads Noyé |
| Programming | Mads Noyé |
| Programming | Chris Catton |
| Vocals | Chris Catton |
10 Never Let You Go
| Sax | Jonas Klintström Larsen |
| All Other Instruments | Chris Catton |
| Vocals | Chris Catton |
Liner Notes
Producer – Mads Noyé, Chris Catton
Engineer – Chris Catton, Mads Noyé
Engineer – Shannon Forrest (Track 3)
Engineer (Additional) – Izzy Perri (Track 6)
Mastered By – David Elberling
Mixed By – Chris Catton
Mixed By – Mads Noyé (Track 1)
Recorded By – Mads Noyé, Chris Catton, Jonas Klintström Larsen
Recorded By (Guitar) – Sleepless-Night (Track 2)
Recorded By (Trumpet) – Olabiyi Julius (Track 3)
Recorded By (Co-Vocals) – Izzy Perri (Track 6)
Artwork – Mads Noyé
Photography – Tobias Klintström Larsen
Mastered At The Village, Studio B, Copenhagen
Recorded At RDAM Studio 3, Copenhagen
Recorded At Lykaelderen, Copenhagen
Recorded At Sun City Studios MK1, Copenhagen
Phonography Copyright Sun City
Copyright Sun City

RetroWaveFan
August 15, 2026 @ 09:07
That’s fantastic news about the album! I love how synthwave is bringing back those classic 80s sounds.