A decade and four albums into their career,SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORShaven't been deterred by any obstacles in their path'including a global pandemic.SLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORShave announcedtoday, October 22they'll release their new album titled4onFebruary 11, 2022,viaGibson Records, in partnership withBMG.4isSLASH's fifth solo albumandfourth overallwith his band featuringMYLES KENNEDY(Vocals),BRENT FITZ(Drums),TODD KERNS(Bass & Vocals)andFRANK SIDORIS(Guitar & Vocals).The album pre-order for4is out today,HERE.
A vibrant rock album fueled by memorable guitar hooks and compelling melodies, big choruses, and even bigger riffs;4builds on the legacy ofSLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS'prior work. That sensibility comes through immediately on the opening track and first single,"The River Is Rising."The group has unleashed"The River Is Rising"' today, to radio. Watch and share the official video for"The River Is Rising"- shot on location in downtown Los Angeles withGibson TVdirectorTodd Harapiak'HERE.
SLASHdescribes the creation of the song"The River Is Rising,""There's two or three songs on the record that were written during the pandemic; everything else was written before. 'The River is Rising' was one of the last songs I wrote before we started pre-production, and because it was so fresh and has a certain groove and energy to it, it was the first thing we really attacked. It's the newest song on the record, and as for the double-time part, that was something that I came up with and tagged onto the end of the arrangement. Then when we were over at RCA, Dave Cobb suggested we do it right after the breakdown. So, we went straight into the fast part, and I just started doing the guitar solo over it. It was one of those things where we were jamming around, trying to fish out the arrangement, and it just happened." WhileMYLES KENNEDYadds, "The lyric ultimately explores how humans can be brainwashed or indoctrinated by some sort of dangerous idea. Once we shot the demo back and forth a few times, I personally felt confident that we had the album opener. To me, it's an important track."
For4,SLASHand the band traveled across the country together to Nashville, TN,and recorded the new album at the historicRCA Studio Awith producerDave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, John Prine, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile), revealing a stunning new sound and style all captured live in the studio.Cobbshared the band's desire to lay down the tracks live, in the studio includingguitar solosandvocals'a first for the group. The band's previous albums over the last decadeApocalyptic Love,World on Fire, andLiving The Dreamhave continued on an upward trajectory, all achievingTop 5 Billboardcharting debuts in the U.S. and reaching theTop 10on12 major chartsacross the globe.To date, the threeSMKCalbums have now garnered10consecutiveTop 5 Radiosingles, spawned sold-out world tours, and have earnedSLASHand the band the best critical acclaim of their career with their latest albumLiving The Dream(2018) singled out by theLos Angeles Times,Classic Rock,Guitar World,Loudwire,LA Weekly, and more, as their best songs to date.
Today,the band has launched aDSP and physical pre-orderin the following formats for4, including aDeluxe Vinyl Box Setfeaturing a vinyl gatefold jacket inside a mirrored O-card. Each vinyl is140g black vinyland comes with a guitar pick, anAxe Heaven Custom Limited Edition 4 Slash Les Paul Mini-Guitar, CD softpack, the O-card and a guitar pick, aCassette Tapefeaturing an exclusive 4-song live rehearsal titled"Live Rehearsal Tape 5/28/21,"a36-page photobookincluding anSMKC interviewand handwritten lyrics, an embroidered sew-on patch, aSignedLithograph (limited to the first 500 copies)and a pick tin with4customSLASHguitar picks. ADeluxe CDBox Set, a full albumCassette Tape, andStandard Vinyl and CDpackages are also available. To view the full variety of4album packages available, go to:Slash.
The new album4has the added history-making distinction of being the first-ever album to be released on the newGibson Recordsl abel, which is headquartered in the iconic American instrument brandGibson'shometown ofMusic City, Nashville, TN.In light of the30-year partnershipbetweenGibsonand theGRAMMY Award-winning,Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducteeSLASH, it makes sense the newSLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS'album4will be released viaGibson Records' in partnership withBMG.
In another groundbreaking move,Gibsonwill commemorateSLASH FT. MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS'first studio album withGibson Records, with a first-ever limited'editionSLASH Les Paul Standard4Album Editionguitar package that will be released onFebruary 11, 2022, the same day as the album release. Only250Slash Les Paul Standard4Album Editionguitars will be made available for global release onwww.gibson.comhttps://www.gibson.comand at selectauthorized Gibson dealers, and the unique guitar package also features the newSMKCalbum4on vinyl with an exclusive case inside that houses the vinyl, a4album guitar pick tin containing a variety of pick colors (8-count), a signedSMKCband portrait, and a4album decal sticker.
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